Object Details
- Description
- Patent model for Henry Fairbanks, “Improvement in Automatic Weighing and Distributing Scales,” U.S. Patent 110,965 (January 17, 1871). This was designed to weigh and distribute equal quantities of liquids, grains, or other materials that would flow into cans or bags or other containers. Henry Fairbanks (1830-1918) was a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Andover Theological Seminary who worked for E. & T. Fairbanks, his family’s firm in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- patented by
- Fairbanks, Henry
- maker
- E. and T. Fairbanks and Company
- Date made
- 1871
- Measurements
- frame: 9 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in x 10 1/4 in; 24.13 cm x 9.2075 cm x 26.035 cm
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 3 7/8 in x 10 1/8 in; 24.13 cm x 9.8425 cm x 25.7175 cm
- Object Name
- automatic weighing and distributing scales
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Scales
