Forcing and Lifting Pump

Description:

The University of Michigan moved to Ann Arbor in 1841, and began classes in natural philosophy (what we now call physics) two years later. This forcing and 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. 233-235.

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: Science & Scientific Instruments

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Credit Line: Gift of the University of Michigan Department of Phhysics through Mr. Arthur Dockrill

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: PH.319721Catalog Number: 319721Accession Number: 239024

Object Name: lifting and force pump

Physical Description: brass (overall material)glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 18 1/2 in x 5 in; 46.99 cm x 12.7 cmoverall: 19 1/4 in x 8 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in; 48.895 cm x 21.2725 cm x 13.335 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-9628-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1761404

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