Rumsey's Chain Gearing

ID: SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-4428]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Glass negatives

Date: 1886

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 013, Image No. MAH-4428

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Summary

Developed by mechanical engineer James Rumsey and used in machinery operated steamboat on Potomac River, 1787.

Subject

  • Rumsey, James 1743?-1792
  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Section of Transportation and Engineering

Notes

USNM Cat. No. 180602.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-006, Box 013, Image No. MAH-4428

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1886

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Topic

Form/Genre

Glass negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-006 [MAH-4428]

Physical description

8 x 10;

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