Hand auger
date: label: date made
content: ca. 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This hand auger was made in the nineteenth century, displaying an early form of drilling and boring equipment. It has a wooden handle resembling a rolling pin, giving the object a ‘T’ shape. A long metal shaft is attached to the middle of the handle and has a corkscrew-type end with a screw-like point. This object was donated by Richard S. Allen, a New-York based mechanism and tool collector.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Richard S. Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.323923
label: catalog number
content: 323923
label: accession number
content: 254091
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Auger
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 19 in x 2 in; 50.8 cm x 48.26 cm x 5.08 cm