Sea Sounding Apparatus
date: label: date made
content: 1837
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Francis B. Ogden and John Ericsson, “Sea Sounding Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 287 (July 19, 1837). At the time of this invention, Francis Barger Ogden (1783-1857) was serving as the U.S. Consul at Liverpool. John Ericsson (1803-1889), an inventor from Sweden, was also working in England; he would later move to the United States and be honored for his contributions to steam engines and screw propellers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.309316
label: catalog number
content: 309316
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 287
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sea sounding apparatus
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/4 in x 3 5/16 in x 3 in; 59.055 cm x 8.41375 cm x 7.62 cm