Cook Wind Engine, 1878, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-11-12
name: label: inventor
content: Cook, John
notes: label: Description
content: John Cook, from Kirkwood, County Warren, IL invented this Cook Wind Engine, which was patented on 12 November 1878 (US Patent 209862). The invention consists of eight pointed sails and involves the construction and arrangement of wind-power for stationary or moving machinery.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Kirkwood
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: TR.309135
label: catalog number
content: 309135
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 209,862
objectType: label: Object Name
content: wind-engine, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, engine, wind
label: Other Terms
content: wind-engine; patent model, engine, wind; Road
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 11 in x 10 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 27.94 cm x 26.67 cm