H. M. Wood Windmill Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-12-02
name: label: inventor
content: Wood, Harvey M.
notes: label: Description
content: During most of the 19th century, the U.S. Patent Office required inventors seeking patent protection to submit both a written application and a three-dimensional model. This wood and metal patent model of a windmill succeeded in gaining its inventor, H. M. Wood, Patent Number 222,340, which was issued on December 2, 1879. As farms spread into the American heartland, windmills proved an extremely important technology, allowing settlers to use the renewable power of wind to pump groundwater for agricultural and household use. Efficiency and reliability were key attributes for rural windmills, and professional and lay inventors experimented with hundreds of design variations throughout the years.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan
label: associated place
content: United States: Michigan, Commerce
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Agriculture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.309136
label: catalog number
content: 309136
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 222,340
objectType: label: Object Name
content: model, windmill
label: Object Name
content: patent model, windmill
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 12 in; 23.1775 cm x 18.0975 cm x 30.48 cm