Dynamometer
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content: Patent model for George and John W. Gibbs, "Dynamometer," U.S. Patent 15,608 (Aug. 23, 1856). The committee of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture commended this dynamometer, and the Secretary described it as “the only instrument of the kind he is acquainted with that is at all times reliable.” George Gibbs was a blacksmith, machinist, and plow manufacturer in Canton, Ohio. John W. Gibbs was probably his younger brother.
label: Description
content: Ref: “Improved Dynamometer,” Scientific American 13 (July 24, 1858): 364.
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: National Museum of American History
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content: PH.308919
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content: 308919
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content: 89797
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content: 13,608
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content: dynamometer