Screw cutting lathe, model
notes: label: Description
content: This model of a screw cutting lathe was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution from the U.S. Patent Office. It may be a Patent Office recreation of an early lathe designed for use in the “History of Invention” display, as the model features may details of a lathe found in L’Encyclopedie Vo. 10, Plate 13 (1762-77).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.309169
label: catalog number
content: 309169
label: accession number
content: 89797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lathe, Screwcutting
label: Object Name
content: Lathe, Reproduction Model ?
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 25 in x 12 in; 63.5 cm x 30.48 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/4 in x 19 1/2 in x 11 3/4 in; 34.925 cm x 49.53 cm x 29.845 cm