Babbitt Metal Bar
notes: label: Description
content: Babbitt metal is an alloy suitable for use on bearing surfaces. The name refers to Isaac Babbitt (1799-1863), a goldsmith from Taunton, Mass., who developed an anti-friction alloy in 1839. The inscriptions on the front of this metal bar read “SYRACUSE SMELTING WORKS / MANGANESE / BABBITT / NEW YORK CITY” and “MADE IN AMERICA.” That on the back reads “ALLOWED UNDER / STANLEY PROCESS.” The Syracuse Smelting Works advertised “METALS AND BABBITS” in 1917, and registered the Indian with feather headdress trademark (as found here) the following year.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0621.005
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0621.005
label: accession number
content: 1984.0621
objectType: label: Object Name
content: babbitt metal bar
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11/16 in x 8 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 1.74625 cm x 22.225 cm x 5.3975 cm