Carving Machine, Patent Model, 1879
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-01-07
name: label: inventor
content: Pollock, John
notes: label: Description
content: This is the patent model of a carving machine patented under U.S. patent No. 21,107 on January 7, 1879 by John Pollock of Beith, North Britain. The tag features a description and diagram of the patent. The revolving carving tolls are hung in a swinging frame, and their perpendicular movement regulated by a guide working on a pattern. The material to be worked is clamped onto a bed that has lateral and longitudinal movement, and the swinging frame may also be moved laterally, if desired.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom
label: associated place
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Beith
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.308827
label: catalog number
content: 308827
label: patent number
content: 211,107
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, carving machine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 7 7/8 in; 14.9225 cm x 26.9875 cm x 20.0025 cm