Air Pump
name: label: maker
content: Brander, George Friedrich
notes: label: Description
content: This elegant air pump was made by Georg Friedrich Brander (1717-1783), a member of the Academy of Sciences in Munich, and one of the most celebrated instrument makers of his time. It dates from around 1740, and bears the crest of Brander’s patron, the Augsburg banker Joseph Von Halder (died 1757). Wilhelm Keuffel (of the instrument manufacturing firm of Keuffel & Esser) bought this air pump in Germany, and presented to the Smithsonian in 1888. An inscription reads "G F Brander fecit Augsburg."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Wilhelm Keuffel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.181659
label: catalog number
content: 181659
label: accession number
content: 21626
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Air Pump
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 54 in x 18 in; 134.62 cm x 137.16 cm x 45.72 cm