Pick Counter
notes: label: Description
content: Pick (thread) counter with “CHAS. LOWINSON / NEW YORK N.Y.” and “PAT. 1740970” inscriptions. The referenced patent was issued to August Chronik (1862-1942) and his brother Louis (1864-), two men who were born in Hungary, came to the United States in the early 1880s, and invented or improved several mechanical devices. Lowinson was a businessman.
label: Description
content: Ref: August Chronik and Louis Chronik, “Thread-Counting Apparatus,” U.S. Patent 1,740,970 (Dec. 24, 1929).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Hungarian Americans
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0234.23
label: patent number
content: 1740970
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0234.23
label: accession number
content: 2017.0234
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pick counter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal; glass; fabric; wood? (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (case): 3 1/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 3/16 in; 8.255 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.09625 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall (pick counter): 2 1/4 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 9.2075 cm x 6.985 cm