Balance
National Museum of American History

Balance

Hill, John W. · 1873

overall: 7 3/4 in x 7 in x 12 in; 19.685 cm x 17.78 cm x 30.48 cm
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

The inscription on this small wooden patent model reads “JOHN W. HILL & O. G. H. DAVIDSON AUTOMATIC GRAIN WEIGHER.” Hill, a mechanical engineer in Dayton, Ohio, assigned half of his rights to this invention to a local mechanic named Christian Herchelrode.

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