Rhodes Steam Generator, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1869
label: patent date
content: 1869-06-29
name: label: inventor
content: Rhodes, William K.
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to William K. Rhodes, of Portland, Maine, June 29, 1869, no. 91869.
label: Description
content: The model represents a horizontal inclined water-tube boiler with solid headers and horizontal baffling. Each header is constructed with its outside face vertical and the tube sheet perpendicular to the tubes so that the front header has a larger volume at the top to be used as a steam reservoir, while the back header has a larger volume at the bottom for water.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Portland
label: associated place
content: United States: Maine, Portland
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Bulletin 173
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.309210
label: catalog number
content: 309210
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 91,869
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boiler, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, generator, steam
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (tag material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in x 9 in; 24.13 cm x 24.13 cm x 22.86 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-from catalog card: 7 in x 10 in x 9 in; 17.78 cm x 25.4 cm x 22.86 cm