Book, The Scientific american Hand Book, A Treatise Relating to Patents
date: label: date made
content: ca1895
name: label: maker
content: Scientific American
notes: label: Description
content: This small, illustrated paperback book was published by Munn & Company of New York, publisher of the journal <I>Scientific American</I>. Munn was a major patent agent in the late nineteenth century United States, and this "hand book" explains the process of obtaining a patent through its services. It also advertises other Munn & Co. publications and includes drawings of company offices.
label: Description
content: The pamphlet is undated but contains data from the 1890 U.S. Census. Hence the rough date of 1895 assigned.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Engineering
label: Subject
content: Mathematics
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. C. B. Schmeltzer in Memory of C. B. Schmeltzer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3110.15
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3110
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3110.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 8.7 cm x 13 cm; 3/32 in x 3 7/16 in x 5 1/8 in