Melting Point Apparatus
date: label: date made
content: 1871
name: label: maker
content: W. T. & T. V. Gendar
notes: label: Description
content: This device determined the melting point of flammable substances. The “P. MILLSPAUGH PAT. APP’D FOR ’71” inscription is that of Pethuel Millspaugh (1821-1886), a resident of Kent, Conn. who was concerned with kerosene accidents. The original heating lamp is missing. An inscription on the thermometer reads “W.T. and T.V. Gendar, N.Y.” William T. and Thomas V. Gendar were in business together from 1860 to 1877, making and selling thermometers, hydrometers, and similar instruments.
label: Description
content: Ref: Pethuel Millspaugh, “Improvement in Testing Burning Fluids,” U.S. Patent 127,259 (May 28, 1872).
label: Description
content: Pethuel Millspaugh, Kerosene Accidents, and How to Prevent Them (New York, 1874).
label: Description
content: “Improved Apparatus for Testing Illuminating Oils,” Scientific American (March 18, 1876), p. 182.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Brown University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.315374
label: catalog number
content: 315374
label: accession number
content: 218984
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Melting Point Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: base: 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm
label: Measurements
content: top: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in; 26.67 cm x 9.04875 cm