Air Pump
notes: label: Description
content: Henry Albert Fleuss (1851-1932), an English engineer associated with the Pulsometer Engineering Co. of London and Reading, designed the “Geryk” high-performance oil-sealed air pump. The U.S. Weather Bureau transferred this example to the Smithsonian in 1953.
label: Description
content: Ref: Henry Albert Fleuss, “Vapor-Pump,” U.S. Patent 873,528 (Dec. 10, 1907), assigned to Pulsometer Engineering Co., Ltd.
label: Description
content: Central Scientific Co., <i>Physical and Chemical Apparatus</i> (Chicago, 1909), p. 101.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.314275
label: catalog number
content: 314275
label: accession number
content: 198641
objectType: label: Object Name
content: air pump
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 1/4 in x 18 in x 23 in; 71.755 cm x 45.72 cm x 58.42 cm