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Airpump Piston Components, English, 1750

Inventory Number 45472


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45472

Item type
Object
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Unsigned and undated.
Physical material
Metal
Paper
Object type
Airpump
Dimensions
Diameter: 49mm Height: 13mm Weight: 492g
Inventory No
45472

Description

One virtually complete copper alloy piston, one lower portion only, one other part and fragments of leather from a 1750 English air pump. Paper label '1750 Air Pump Piston Parts'. Kept together in plastic bag.