Electric Engine Toy
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy electric engine was made by an unknown maker around 1900. The reciprocating engine has a 3.5-inch flywheel on a cast-iron base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: See more items in
content: Family & Social Life
label: See more items in
content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
label: See more items in
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.329035
label: catalog number
content: 329035
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, electric engine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cast iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 6 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 16.8275 cm x 6.6675 cm
label: Measurements
content: flywheel - from catalog card: 2 1/2 in; x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: base - from catalog card: 6 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; x 16.8275 cm x 6.35 cm