Lifting Pump

Lifting Pump

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Description
The University of Michigan moved to Ann Arbor in 1841, and began classes in natural philosophy (what we now call physics) in 1843. This lifting pump came from that school, and may have been used at an early date.
Ref: Benjamin Pike, Jr., Pike’s Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, and Philosophical Instruments (New York, 1848), vol. 1, pp. 233-234.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
force pump
Physical Description
brass (overall material)
glass (overall material)
Measurements
overa14ll: 1 5/8 in; 4.1275 cm
overall: 14 in x 9 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 35.56 cm x 25.0825 cm x 9.525 cm
ID Number
PH.319722
catalog number
319722
accession number
239024
subject
Science & Scientific Instruments
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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