Odometer
date: label: date made
content: around 1900
name: label: maker
content: Veeder Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Established in 1879, the U.S. Geological Survey tested distance measurers to see which best suited their purposes. Those that failed muster were sent to the Smithsonian in 1907. This is one of those instruments. The inscription reads “THE VEEDER M’F’G CO. / PATENTED / Veeder / OCT. 22, 1895 / HARTFORD, CONN. U.S.A.”
label: Description
content: Curtis Hussey Veeder (1862-1943) was a mechanical engineer who, in 1895, patented a “Cyclometer” for measuring the distance traveled by bicycles, and established the Veeder Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Ct. The firm later made other sorts of counters as well. It merged with the Root Company to form Veeder-Root, in 1928.
label: Description
content: Ref: Curtis Hussey Veeder, “Cyclometer,” U.S. Patent 548,482 (Oct. 22, 1895).
label: Description
content: “CURTIS H. VEEDER / Inventor and Manufacturer Made / Early High Wheel Bicycle,” New York Times (Dec. 28, 1943), p. 17.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Measuring & Mapping
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.247957
label: catalog number
content: 247957
label: accession number
content: 47736
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Odometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.6 cm x 9.1 cm x 2.5 cm; 3 in x 3 9/16 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15/16 in x 3 5/8 in x 3 in; 2.38125 cm x 9.2075 cm x 7.62 cm