Object Details
Description
Benjamin Theophilus Moore, a British mathematician and engineer who conducted hydraulic experiments on the Nile in 1873, submitted this model of a water current meter to the U.S. Patent Office in 1875.
Ref: Benjamin T. Moore, “Improvement in Ships’ Logs,” U.S. Patent 169,024 (1875).
Benjamin T. Moore, On a Current Meter, a Deep-Sea Current Indicator, and an Improved Ship’s Log (London 1876).
Arthur H. Frazier, Water Current Meters in the Smithsonian Collections of the National Museum of History and Technology (Washington, D.C., 1974), p. 68.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1875
ID Number
PH.308551
accession number
89797
catalog number
308551
patent number
169,024
Object Name
Water Current Meter
Object Type
Patent Model
Measurements
overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 20 in; 24.13 cm x 15.875 cm x 50.8 cm
overall: 4 3/4 in x 20 1/4 in x 5 in; 12.065 cm x 51.435 cm x 12.7 cm
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Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
Water Currents
Measuring & Mapping
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Patent Models
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1434221