Arc Furnace (model)
notes: label: Description
content: Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856-1931) was an American inventor who found that when he heated a mixture of clay and carbon with an electric current, the result was silicon carbide, an extremely hard substance that could be used as an abrasive. Acheson termed this new substance carborundum and formed a company for its manufacture. In 1930, with help from the Carborundum Co., the Smithsonian mounted an exhibit featuring Acheson and his work. In 1932, the Carborundum Co. made a new set of models for the Smithsonian. This model of an arc furnace was part of that donation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Carborundum Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.319522
label: catalog number
content: 319522
label: accession number
content: 118902
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Arc Furnace (model)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 10 3/4 in x 13 1/2 in; 27.305 cm x 34.29 cm
label: Measurements
content: model: 12 in; 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/8 in x 13 1/2 in x 10 3/4 in; 30.7975 cm x 34.29 cm x 27.305 cm