Giffard-Sellers Injector, Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1860
label: patent date
content: 1863-07-21
name: label: inventor
content: Sellers, William
notes: label: Description
content: This model was submitted to the U.S. Patent Office with the application for the patent issued to William Sellers, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1863, no. 39313.
label: Description
content: William Sellers, who introduced the Giffard injector into the United States in 1860, immediately invented useful improvements in its construction. This model incorporates an improvement in the packing between the steam and water chambers and effects a material reduction in the length of the whole injector.
label: Description
content: Reference:
label: Description
content: This description comes from the 1939 Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States Museum Bulletin 173 by Frank A. Taylor.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
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content: Bulletin 173
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content: Engineering, Building, and Architecture
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content: Work
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Frank A. Taylor. Catalog of the Mechanical Collections of the Division of Engineering United States National Museum, Bulletin 173
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.309367
label: catalog number
content: 309367
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 39,313
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gauge, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: injector, steam, model
label: Object Name
content: patent model, injector, steam
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall - from catalog card: 6 in x 6 in x 14 in; 15.24 cm x 15.24 cm x 35.56 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 5 7/8 in x 14 in; 12.7 cm x 14.9225 cm x 35.56 cm