Sulphuric Acid Plant (Model)
date: label: Date made
content: 1873
name: label: patented by
content: Thomson
notes: label: Description
content: Patent model for Elihu Thomson and William H. Greene, “Improvement in the Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid,” U.S. Patent 143202 (July 23, 1873).
label: Description
content: Elihu Thomson (1853-1937) was a prolific inventor who was involved in the founding of many electrical enterprises in the United States, Great Britain, and France. William Houston Greene (1853-1918) was a Philadelphia physician with a strong interest in science and education. Working together, the two young men developed an improvement in the manufacture of sulphuric acid.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.308746
label: catalog number
content: 308746
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 143,202
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sulphuric acid plant
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 11 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in; 29.21 cm x 19.05 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/4 in x 11 3/4 in x 7 1/2 in; 23.495 cm x 29.845 cm x 19.05 cm