Spratt lightning rod tip
date: label: Date made
content: 1850
name: label: associated person
content: Spratt, J.
label: maker
content: Spratt, J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Spratt lightning rod point, 1850, marked: "J Spratt / Platinum Silver / Patent Jan 8, 1850". The marking refers to US Patent 7008, "Improvements in Alloys for Points of Lightning-Rods," issued to James Spratt of Cincinnati, 8 January 1850. Spratt described an metal alloy to be used "for the manufacture of spears and the points of lightning conductors." Spratt also patented an "Improvement in Attachments for Lightning-Conductors," US 7076, 5 February 1850.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from D. S. Taff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.326300
label: catalog number
content: 326300
label: accession number
content: 259737
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lightning rod component
label: Other Terms
content: Lightning Rod; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/8 in x 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 25.7175 cm x 1.27 cm x 1.27 cm