Odometer
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Naugatuck, Ct.\u00e2\u0080\u009d inscription on this odometer refers to Smith Beers (1805-1860), a Connecticut inventor who patented the form in 1856 (and who had a previous patent on the form in 1839)."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "\u00e2\u0080\u009cBy a recent Bridgeport paper, we notice the death of Smith Beers, of Naugatuck, Conn. Mr. Beers was possessed of a remarkable inventive genius, and had perfected and patented several useful inventions. Among them was an ingenious machine for turning spokes, an odometer, for registering the number of miles run by a carriage, and a machine for pulling cotton stalks, &c. At the time of his last illness, his mind was actively employed in endeavoring to perfect a steam carriage, to be used on highways. Like most true inventors, he was a quiet, unobtrusive, honest man and a useful citizen.\u00e2\u0080\u009d \u00e2\u0080\u009cDeath of an Inventor,\u00e2\u0080\u009d <i>Scientific American</i> 3 (1860): 283."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Ref: Smith Beers, \u00e2\u0080\u009cOdometer,\u00e2\u0080\u009d U.S. Patent 15,509 (Aug. 12, 1856)."}, {"label": "Description", "content": "Smith Beers, \u00e2\u0080\u009cOdometer, Or Machine for Recording the Distance Traveled by Wheel Carriages,\u00e2\u0080\u009d U.S. Patent #1,325 (Sept. 14, 1839)."}, {"label": "Location", "content": "Currently not on view"}], "name": [{"label": "maker", "content": "Beers, Smith"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Measurements", "content": "overall: 5 in x 18 1/4 in x 3 in; 12.7 cm x 46.355 cm x 7.62 cm"}, {"label": "Measurements", "content": "overall: 4 7/8 in x 18 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 46.355 cm x 6.985 cm"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Museum of American History"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Object Name", "content": "odometer"}, {"label": "Object Type", "content": "Patent Model"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:nmah_761613", "hash": "38a4ee30ab62d64f25c2a15cf244ecdc1791a0f1", "docSignature": "e1259b4e72dcf4a47d8067e51f3de597", "timestamp": 1663782597, "lastTimeUpdated": 1655973882, "title": "Odometer"}