Testing machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 150,000 POUND CAPACITY/HYDRAULIC
- DATE
- 1888
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0944.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Yale & Towne
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Stamford, Connecticut, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Industrial Technology
- Category
- Industrial equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Yale Towne
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Stamford
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
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One of the first American machines to be built and exhibited at the Paris Expo in 1888, then it was installed at McGill University in Montreal. - Function
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Used to test the strength and properties of different materials. 150,000-lb capacity/hydraulic testing machine. - Technical
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Yale & Towne testing machine. Very rare as Yale & Towne were leading manufacturers of locks. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Yale & Towne, Testing machine, before 1888, Artifact no. 1969.0944, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1969.0944.001/
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