Patent model, Munson lightning rod, US Patent #129,677
date: label: Date made
content: 1872
name: label: maker
content: Munson, David
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Model to accompany US Patent 129677, "Improvement in Lightning-Rods, issued to David Munson of Indianapolis, 23 July 1872. Copper braided wire wound around iron cores. Munson's intent was to design a lighting rod that combined the conductivity of copper with the mechanical strength of iron. Unit includes original Patent Office tag.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.308573
label: catalog number
content: 308573
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 129677
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lightning rod component
label: Other Terms
content: Lightning Rod; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 1/2 in; 27.94 cm x 1.27 cm