Patent model, Sawyer electric light switch, US Patent #237,608
Patent model, Sawyer electric light switch, US Patent #237,608
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- Description (Brief)
- Model for US Patent 237608, "Switch for Electric Lamps," issued 8 April 1881 to William Sawyer. Round wooden base with five contact screws and covered by a rotating nickel switch cap. Four of the five contacts have copper wire stubs attached. Original Patent Office tag included.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Switch
- electrical switch
- Other Terms
- Switch; Components; Power and Lighting; Power and Lighting
- Date made
- 1881
- maker
- Sawyer, William E.
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 7.3025 cm
- ID Number
- EM.308572
- catalog number
- 308572
- accession number
- 89797
- patent number
- 237608
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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