Domestic Boiler Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1874-04-28
name: label: inventor
content: Beaumont, Ernest B.
notes: label: Description
content: Full-size patent model (U.S. Patent No. 150,222) of a domestic boiler, made by Ernest B. Beaumont of Ann Arbor, MI, and patented on April 28, 1874. Consists of a wire-rimmed, lipped, conical cup with a hinged flat lid and braced triangular strap handle soldered to a small, shallow fuel pan on a conical, wire-edged base. Hinges for lid and handle are perpendicular to one another with lip opposite lid hinge; handle can fold inside the cup or on top of lid when in use to prevent it from getting hot. Folded vertical seams. No marks. Three darkened paper tags stored with object are printed and handwritten with patent information.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Ann Arbor
label: associated place
content: United States: Michigan, Ann Arbor
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251415
label: catalog number
content: 251415
label: patent number
content: 150,222
label: accession number
content: 48890
objectType: label: Object Name
content: boiler, domestic
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 6 3/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 16.51 cm x 16.1925 cm x 13.0175 cm