Water Current Meter
National Museum of American History

Water Current Meter

1875

overall: 9 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in x 20 in; 24.13 cm x 15.875 cm x 50.8 cm
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Benjamin Theophilus Moore, a British mathematician and engineer who conducted hydraulic experiments on the Nile in 1873, submitted this model of a water current meter to the U.S. Patent Office in 1875.

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