Toy Trip Hammer
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy trip hammer was manufactured by an unknown maker during the 20th century. The trip hammer toy could be powered by connecting its pulley directly to an engine or a line shaft, and raised and struck via the cam on its central axel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Engineering Steam Toys and Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.329084
label: catalog number
content: 329084
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, trip-hammer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: white metal (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (base material)
label: Measurements
content: base - from catalog card: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in; x 13.97 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: pulleys - from catalog card: 2 in; x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 1/4 in x 5 3/8 in; 7.62 cm x 8.255 cm x 13.6525 cm