Hand Dynamometer
date: label: date made
content: 1984
name: label: maker
content: J. A. Preston Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Aluminum device designed to test the strength of hand muscles. Joseph M. Breuer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., obtained a design patent (#247,553) on the form in 1978, and assigned it to the J. A. Preston Corp. a firm that specialized in rehabilitation products. Preston gave this example to the Smithsonian in 1984. The inscriptions on the dial read “PRESTON / HAND DYNAMOMETER” and “2 POUNDS PER DIVISION” and “J. A. PRESTON CORP / NEW YORK”. A tag reads “PRESTON / J. A. PRESTON CORP. / 71 FIFTH AVENUE / NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003 / 212 Algonguin 5-8484.”
label: Description
content: Ref: Ref: Joseph M. Breuer, “Hand Dynamometer,” U.S. Design Patent 247,553 (March 21, 1978), assigned to J. A. Preston, Corp.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the J.A. Preston Corporation, through Thomas E. Mitchell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0750.15
label: accession number
content: 1984.0750
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0750.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dynamometer, hand
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored: 2 in x 9 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; 5.08 cm x 23.495 cm x 13.97 cm