Sewing Machine Sperm Oil
date: label: Date made
content: 1870-1880
name: label: maker
content: Donnell Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sperm whale oil is very light and fine, and it has a low freezing point. As a result, it was used to lubricate fine machinery such as clocks, watches, and sewing machines from colonial times into the 20th century.
topic: label: related event
content: The Development of the Industrial United States
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content: Work and Industry: Maritime
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content: On the Water exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: On the Water
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: National Museum of American History. On the Water exhibition website
label: Related Web Publication
content: http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthewater
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robin Davis, Poseyville IN
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0084.1
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0084.1
label: accession number
content: 2007.0084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sperm whale sewing machine oil
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (stopper material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 4.445 cm x 3.175 cm