Davenport demonstration apparatus: inner case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1845
name: label: maker
content: Davenport, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A wooden carrying case painted black. Front edge of cover and bottom edge of base beveled. Locking cover. The cover has a transverse gap of about 1/4". This case was probably customized by Thomas Davenport to transport pieces for his electromagnetic demonstrations. Catalog number 315892.03 and 315892.04 fit into rough slots carved in the side of the case; 315892.05 then fits into a space on one side of those two pieces.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Frank E. Chandler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315892.02
label: catalog number
content: 315892.02
label: accession number
content: 222039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electromagnetic Demonstration Model
label: Object Name
content: electromagnetic apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 16 in x 11 5/8 in; 17.78 cm x 40.64 cm x 29.5275 cm