Patent Model of a Book Holder
Patent Model of a Book Holder
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a stand to hold large books such as dictionaries, open or closed; the invention was granted patent number 239055.
- LaVerne Noyes (1849-1919) started his career in the manufacture of agricultural machinery. After taking out this patent, he made a successful market of wire book holders for some years. Later he became interested in windmills and their potential for generating electricity, and set up the Aermotor Company for the production of steel windmills. Electricity generated by a rooftop windmill lit the New York office of Aermotor in 1895.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- manufacture, book holder
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1881
- patent date
- 1881-03-22
- maker
- Noyes, La Verne W.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27.8 cm x 20.6 cm x 20.2 cm; 10 15/16 in x 8 1/8 in x 7 15/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.22840
- patent number
- 239055
- accession number
- 249602
- catalog number
- 22840
- GA*22840
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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