Odometer
date: label: date made
content: 1850s
label: Associated Date
content: 1859-03-22
notes: label: Description
content: Haskel Walker, of Hartford, Vermont, patented an odometer in 1859. This is the model he submitted with his patent application. It is made of brass, and has a toothed and graduated disc rotated by means of a 4-prong spur at the end of the base plate.
label: Description
content: Ref: Haskel Walker, “Odometer,” U.S. Patent #23,329 (March 22, 1859).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Vermont
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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.314747
label: catalog number
content: 314747
label: accession number
content: 210834
label: patent number
content: 23329
objectType: label: Object Name
content: odometer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.7 cm x 17 cm x 6.4 cm; 5 in x 6 11/16 in x 2 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 6 5/8 in x 5 in; 6.35 cm x 16.8275 cm x 12.7 cm