Adjustable Die Stock Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1866
notes: label: Description
content: This is a patent model of an adjustable die stock. It was made by N. Zillier of Philadelphia and it was incredibly useful at a time when screw diameters were not standardized. It was patented on July 24, 1866.
label: Description
content: It was donated to the museum by the Harrington Company of Philadelphia which made chain and electrical hoists.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harrington Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.313138
label: catalog number
content: 313138
label: accession number
content: 175631
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Die, Stock, Screw, Metal
label: Object Name
content: Die Stock, Adjustable
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 12 in x 3 1/4 in; 30.48 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 4 in x 11 7/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 10.16 cm x 30.1625 cm