Cottle Windmill, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-10-21
name: label: inventor
content: Cottle, Zorah
label: inventor
content: Cottle, F. M.
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to J. and F. M. Cottle, October 21, 1879, no. 220751.
label: Description
content: This mill has a double-rimmed steel wind wheel made up of small wedge-shaped vanes, which are removable to permit regulation of the power of the mill. The wind wheel cannot be swung out of its position, but the shaft is carried in sliding bearings so that the gear on the shaft can be disengaged to let the wheel run free. It is equipped with a selective gear transmission. The model shows the mill attached to the bucket chain of a well.
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: California, Oakdale
label: associated place
content: United States: California, Oakdale
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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: ER.309131
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 309131
label: patent number
content: 220,751
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, windmill
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 7/8 in x 11 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in; 32.7025 cm x 28.575 cm x 29.845 cm