Electric Furnace (model)
name: label: developed by
content: Higgins, Aldus C.
notes: label: Description
content: Aldus Chapin Higgins (1872-1948) was a lawyer working for the Norton Co., an abrasives manufacturer in Worcester, Mass. In 1901, he devised a water-cooled electric furnace suitable for the commercial production of the artificial abrasive known as Alundum. In 1913, he was given a John Scott Medal for this invention. This model of the Higgins furnace came to the Smithsonian in 1927, as part of an exhibit on artificial abrasives prepared by Norton.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Norton Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.318501
label: catalog number
content: 318501
label: accession number
content: 96870
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electric Furnace
label: Object Name
content: Electric Furnace (model)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: pot: 6 in x 6 in; 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 10 in; 45.72 cm x 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 in x 9 1/2 in; 45.72 cm x 24.13 cm