Paint for Liquid Compasses
name: label: patent assigned to
content: Ritchie, E. L.
label: maker
content: Ritchie, Edward S.
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Edward S. Ritchie, “Improved Paint for Liquid Compasses,” U.S. Patent 77,763 (May 12, 1868). Edward S. Ritchie (1814-1895) was a mathematical instrument maker in Brookline, Mass.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Brookline
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0016.2
label: catalog number
content: 1980.16.2
label: accession number
content: 1980.0016
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Paint for Liquid Compasses
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: each vial: 48 mm x 27 mm; 1 7/8 in x 1 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: compass card: 3 1/4 in; x 8.255 cm