Electrical Parts
date: label: Date made
content: 1918
name: label: developed cold-molding
content: Hemming, Emile
label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: These two items were made of cold-molded asbestos and cement by the General Electric Co. in 1918. The process of cold molding plastics was developed in 1916 by Emile Hemming, and was soon useful in the electrical industry. Emile Hemming (1882-1964) was born in Switzerland and emigrated to the United States in 1908.
label: Description
content: Ref: Emile Hemming, Molded Electrical Insulation and Plastic (New York, 1914).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of J. Harry DuBois
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0538.09
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0538.09
label: accession number
content: 1983.0538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electrical Parts
label: Object Name
content: Mold, Cold (2)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 158 mm x 95 mm x 25 mm; 6 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in x in
label: Measurements
content: overall; equal parts: 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 9.525 cm x 17.145 cm