Electric Dumbell
date: label: patent date
content: 1883-07-10
notes: label: Description
content: Electric dumb-bell for muscular or hygienic exercise or for use in the hand, with “THE SMITH & SHAW / ELECTRIC Co. N.Y.” and “PAT. JULY. 10 '83” inscriptions.
label: Description
content: Ref: William T. McGinnis, “Electrical Exercising Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 281,097 (July 10, 1883). The patent describes the invention thus: "My invention relates to the combination of a sealed voltaic battery-cell with an induction coil and rheotome and suitable conducting strips in a dumb-bell, Indian club, oar, or other apparatus
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-09441
label: catalog number
content: M-09441
label: accession number
content: 226635
label: patent number
content: US281097A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Dumbbell, Electrical
label: Other Terms
content: Dumbbell, Electrical; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 3 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 8.89 cm