Paint Mill
name: label: maker
content: A. Berrill and Son
notes: label: Description
content: John A. Berrill (1813-1890) was an Englishman who, having settled in Waterville, New York, designed and manufactured paint mills. One inscription on this example mill reads “J. A. BERRILL & SON. MANUFACTURE WATERVILLE N. Y.” Another reads “BERRILL No. 2.”
label: Description
content: Ref: John A. Berrill, “Paint-Mill,” U.S. Patent 30,288 (Oct. 9, 1860).
label: Description
content: John A. Berrill, “Improved Paint-Mill,” U.S. Patent 88,360 (March 30, 1869).
label: Description
content: John A. Berrill, “Double-Grinding Paint-Mill,” U.S. Patent 321,675 (July 7, 1885).
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Conchemco Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.333864
label: catalog number
content: 333864
label: accession number
content: 1978.0510
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Paint Mill
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: grinding wheel: 18.5 cm; x 7 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: gear 1: 14 cm; x 5 1/2 in
label: Measurements
content: crank: 10 in; 25.4 cm
label: Measurements
content: hopper: 7 3/4 in; x 19.685 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 cm x 38 cm x 48 cm; 16 15/16 in x 14 15/16 in x 18 7/8 in
label: Measurements
content: hopper opening: 19.7 cm; x 7 3/4 in