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[Trade catalogs from Ribon & March]

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Company Name

Ribon & March

Date

1800s

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_10823

Type of material

Trade catalogs
Trade literature

Notes content

patented in 1879 and catalogue dated 1881 ; machinery ; air compressors ; blacksmith anvils ; furnaces and parts ; blast fans ; cast iron fittings ; copper plates ; coal barrows and coaling tubs ; air, water and distillery pumps ; stamping machinery ; engines ; milling equipment ; differential pulleys and hoisting engines ; rock drills ; shaft couplings ; rubber belting ; railway locomotives ; sugar pans for evaporating cane juice, maple syrup, glucose, etc. ; unique piece with period engravings of machinery ; water wheels ; ore and rock crushers ; "The Mountaineer" California stamp mills ; prospecting arrastra (ore-crushing machine) and amalgamating pans ; retorts and condensers for gold and silver amalgam ; mining machinery ; shop equipment, including engine lathes, iron planers, upright drills, emery wheels and grinders, pipe cutting machines, circular saw mills, "Prentiss" vices ; steam gauges ; "Judson Governor" and "Shive Governor" ; wrought iron pipes ;

Includes

Trade catalog and price lists
Black and white images

Place

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States

Location

Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library

Collection

Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections

Data source

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic (Romaine term)

Construction and earth-moving machinery
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies
Textiles and textile machinery
Plumbing supplies and fixtures
Pumping machinery and air compressors
Heating; ventilation and air conditioning
Machine tools and metalworking equipment
Engines and motors: steam; oil; gas; etc.
Farm equipment and supplies (including dairy and poultry equipment)
Refinery equipment
Woodworking machinery and wood crafts
Brass; bronze and specialty metals
Metalwork products (architectural and ornamental)
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)
Foundries; supplies and equipment
Mills and milling supplies
Well drilling equipment: water; oil; etc.
Measuring; calculating and testing devices
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)
Agricultural tools and machinery
Furnaces and boilers
Hardware and hand tools
Water wheels; water motors and waterpower equipment
Railroad; streetcar; subway and tramway equipment and supplies
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )

Topic

Agricultural implements
Agricultural machinery
Air conditioning
Air-compressors
Architectural metal-work
Art metal-work
Barrels
Beverage industry
Boilers
Bottling
Brass
Bronze
Calculators
Construction equipment
Dairying
Distilleries
Earthmoving machinery
Engines
Farm equipment
Food industry and trade
Foundries
Furnaces
Gas well drilling
Hardware
Heating
Heating and ventilation industry

Metadata Usage

CC0

Record ID

SILNMAHTL_10823
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