Patent model, Sawyer electric light switch, US Patent #237,608
date: label: Date made
content: 1881
name: label: maker
content: Sawyer, William E.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Model for US Patent 237608, "Switch for Electric Lamps," issued 8 April 1881 to William Sawyer. Round wooden base with five contact screws and covered by a rotating nickel switch cap. Four of the five contacts have copper wire stubs attached. Original Patent Office tag included.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.308572
label: catalog number
content: 308572
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 237608
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Switch
label: Object Name
content: electrical switch
label: Other Terms
content: Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 7.3025 cm