Hot Water Heater Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1871-07-04
label: patent date
content: 1871-07-04
name: label: inventor
content: Middleton, Nathan
label: inventor
content: Morris, Stephen
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model (U.S. Patent No. 116,620) of a steam and hot water heater, made by Nathan Middleton and Stephen Morris of Philadelphia, PA, and patented on July 4, 1871. Painted black. Consists of a straight tapered, hexagonal boiler formed by six staves or compartments individually connected to the tank by six elbow pipes. Four circular holes on opposite side of tank receive pipes to radiators; single supply pipe at top corner of one side. No marks on object, but old darkened paper tags tied to purple (faded) ribbon are printed and handwritten with patent information and object numbers.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251777
label: catalog number
content: 251777
label: patent number
content: 116,620
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: heater, hot water
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (float in tank material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior finish material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 23.8125 cm x 13.6525 cm x 13.97 cm