Patent Model of a Book Holder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
label: patent date
content: 1881-03-22
name: label: maker
content: Noyes, La Verne W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a stand to hold large books such as dictionaries, open or closed; the invention was granted patent number 239055.
label: Description (Brief)
content: LaVerne Noyes (1849-1919) started his career in the manufacture of agricultural machinery. After taking out this patent, he made a successful market of wire book holders for some years. Later he became interested in windmills and their potential for generating electricity, and set up the Aermotor Company for the production of steel windmills. Electricity generated by a rooftop windmill lit the New York office of Aermotor in 1895.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22840
label: patent number
content: 239055
label: accession number
content: 249602
label: catalog number
content: 22840
label: catalog number
content: GA*22840
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, book holder
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.8 cm x 20.6 cm x 20.2 cm; 10 15/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 7 15/16 in