Drying Oven
notes: label: Description
content: An inscription reads “SARGENT ELECTRIC / DRYING OVEN / PAT. NO. 1083592 VOLTS 110 / SER. NO. 012153 WATTS 660 / ...” The inventor, Henry J. Cary-Curr (1860-1948), was born in India, moved to Chicago as a young man, and became a founder of the scientific supply house, E. H. Sargent & Co.
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry J. Cary-Curr, “Electrical Drying Oven,” U.S. Patent 1,083,592 (Jan. 6, 1914), assigned to E. H. Sargent & Co.
label: Description
content: “Henry J. Cary-Curr,” Chicago Tribune (Sept. 28, 1948), p. A2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy; Accession 259201 (1964)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10923
label: accession number
content: 259201
label: catalog number
content: M-10923
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Oven, Drying
label: Other Terms
content: Oven, Drying; Manufacturing and Dispensing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 38 cm x 32 cm x 26.5 cm; 14 15/16 in x 12 5/8 in x 10 7/16 in