Carborundum Crusher (Model)
notes: label: Description
content: Edward G. Acheson (1856-1931), a chemist from Pittsburgh, found a way to synthesize silicon carbide, an extremely hard substance, and named it carborundum. He formed the Carborundum Company in Pennsylvania in 1890, and moved it to Niagara Falls, N.Y. in 1895. The Smithsonian mounted an exhibit showcasing Acheson and his work in 1930. The Carborundum Company gave this model of a carborundum crusher to the Smithsonian in 1932.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Carborundum Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.319520
label: catalog number
content: 319520
label: accession number
content: 118902
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Crusher, Carborundum (Model)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 10 3/4 in x 7 1/8 in; 27.305 cm x 18.0975 cm
label: Measurements
content: pan: 7 in; x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/4 in; 24.765 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 5/8 in x 10 11/16 in x 7 1/8 in; 24.4475 cm x 27.14625 cm x 18.0975 cm