Patent model of a self lubricating axle

Unknown American, American

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1868

Wood, brass, silver, and black paint

Overall: 2 5/8 × 1 1/16 × 5 11/16 in. (6.7 × 2.7 × 14.4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the United States Patent Office

47.9.23210

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Model

Research Area

American History

Not on view

Inscriptions

Paper tag: "Wm. G. Bulgin Self Lubricating axles Recd. March 7, 1868"

Provenance

United States Patent Office, Washington, D.C.; given to Dartmouth College, 1872; catalogued by present collection, 1947.

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