Fleischmann Toy Grindstone
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This toy grindstone and figure was produced by Fleischmann during the 1960s. The grindstone has a pulley that could be connected to a steam engine’s flywheel to provide power to the grindstone. The man is connected to the grindstone in such a way that it seems as if he is turning the wheel while it is powered by an engine.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Fleischmann is a German manufacturer of model railway products. Fleischmann was founded in Nuremberg in 1887 by Jean Fleischmann, as a toy company. Their first model train, in O scale, was produced in 1938.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Engineering Steam Toys and Models
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.329068
label: catalog number
content: 329068
label: accession number
content: 278175
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toy, grind stone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: wheel - from catalog card: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: base - from catalog card: 3 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; x 8.255 cm x 8.255 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 8.255 cm x 8.255 cm