Invention for Improvement in Fishing Reels
Invention for Improvement in Fishing Reels
- Description (Brief)
- MacCord's "Fishing Reel" included a detachable fishing-reel spool, allowing for greater ease of exchange of the spool from one reel to another.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- fishing reel model
- patent model, fishing reel
- reel, fishing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1874
- 1874
- patent date
- 1874-02-10
- inventor
- MacCord, Charles W.
- associated place
- United States: New Jersey, Weehawken
- Physical Description
- metal, brass (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in
- ID Number
- CL.59.0042
- patent number
- 147,414
- accession number
- 89797
- catalog number
- 59.0042
- subject
- Sports
- Fishing
- Patent Models
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Invention and the Patent Model
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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