J.B.D'A. Boulton fishing reel patent model
date: label: Date made
content: 1882
notes: label: Description
content: Fishing reel patent model developed byJames B.D'A. Boulton of Jersey City, NJ. The model, representing changes to a reels' epicyclic gear device was supplied to the United States Patent Office in conjunction with his patent application; no. 260,932, dated July 11, 1882. The patent was assigned to William Mills and Thomas Bate Mills, the reel to be sold by their catalog business.
label: Description
content: Between 1790 and1880, a submitted working model was required as part of the U.S. Patent application process.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Fishing
label: level of sport
content: recreational
label: web subject
content: Patent Models
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.59.0045
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: 59.45
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Reel Patent Model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, fishing reel
label: Object Name
content: reel, fishing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 3 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 9.525 cm x 8.89 cm