Hydraulic Ram
name: label: maker
content: Central Scientific Company
notes: label: Description
content: This glass hydraulic ram came from the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., a school that was established in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth. It may date from 1916 when the school moved into a new building specially built for the purpose. The inscription reads "Central Scientific Co., Laboratory Apparatus, Chicago, U.S.A."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dunbar High School through Chas. Lofton, Principal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.323756
label: catalog number
content: 323756
label: accession number
content: 252354
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hydraulic ram
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/2 in x 12 3/4 in; 34.29 cm x 32.385 cm
label: Measurements
content: base: 4 3/4 in; 12.065 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 3/8 in x 11 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 33.9725 cm x 29.21 cm x 11.43 cm