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- Turbo Reduction Gears for Eagle Boat Turbine Engine, July 1919 - Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. While most of the work occurred in new facilities at the mouth of the Rouge River, Ford assembled the boats' turbine engines, boilers and propulsion systems at its Highland Park plant. The war ended before any of the Eagle patrol boats saw combat.
- July 01, 1919
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Turbo Reduction Gears for Eagle Boat Turbine Engine, July 1919
Ford Motor Company built Eagle anti-submarine patrol boats for the U.S. Navy during World War I. While most of the work occurred in new facilities at the mouth of the Rouge River, Ford assembled the boats' turbine engines, boilers and propulsion systems at its Highland Park plant. The war ended before any of the Eagle patrol boats saw combat.
- Fellows No. 3-125 Injection Molding Machine, circa 1961 -
- circa 1961
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Fellows No. 3-125 Injection Molding Machine, circa 1961
- Air-activated Gear Cutter, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1895 - The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to create the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Duane Church, Waltham's superintendent of toolmakers, developed precision watchmaking machinery that produced interchangeable parts without the aid of gauges and templates. Church invented this gear cutter in the early 1890s.
- circa 1895
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Air-activated Gear Cutter, Used by the Waltham Watch Company, circa 1895
The Waltham Watch Company was a world-famous example of a highly mechanized manufacturer of quality consumer goods. Specialized labor, new machines, and interchangeable parts combined to create the company's low-cost, high-grade watches. Duane Church, Waltham's superintendent of toolmakers, developed precision watchmaking machinery that produced interchangeable parts without the aid of gauges and templates. Church invented this gear cutter in the early 1890s.
- Presentation Box with Scroll Given to Henry Ford by FordIndia Auto Dealers, July 30, 1938 - Henry Ford's corporate family was generous when it came to acknowledging their leader's enterprising and innovative strides forward. Within this elaborately rendered silver casket is a scroll signed by representatives of Fordindia marking the occasion of Henry Ford's 75th birthday. The inscription reveals the esteem and high regard which was felt by Ford employees towards their employer.
- 1938
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Presentation Box with Scroll Given to Henry Ford by FordIndia Auto Dealers, July 30, 1938
Henry Ford's corporate family was generous when it came to acknowledging their leader's enterprising and innovative strides forward. Within this elaborately rendered silver casket is a scroll signed by representatives of Fordindia marking the occasion of Henry Ford's 75th birthday. The inscription reveals the esteem and high regard which was felt by Ford employees towards their employer.
- Casket, 1830-1840 - This mold-made, pressed glass box was intended to hold a middle class lady's jewelry. It was made in the lacy glass technique, in which decoration covers the entire surface of the mold, and is raised against a background of small dots, to create a stippled appearance on the surface. The dots catch any ambient light, making the surface shimmer.
- 1830-1840
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Casket, 1830-1840
This mold-made, pressed glass box was intended to hold a middle class lady's jewelry. It was made in the lacy glass technique, in which decoration covers the entire surface of the mold, and is raised against a background of small dots, to create a stippled appearance on the surface. The dots catch any ambient light, making the surface shimmer.
- Document Box, circa 1820 - Any American involved in business in the early 1800s would have used a document box to carry important papers. Though these functional containers weren't fancy, they were nearly always decorated. This showy, crudely painted example reflects the importance of classical antiquity to early nineteenth-century Americans. Its "classic" swags and garlands signified the rebirth of democracy and representative government in the young republic.
- circa 1820
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Document Box, circa 1820
Any American involved in business in the early 1800s would have used a document box to carry important papers. Though these functional containers weren't fancy, they were nearly always decorated. This showy, crudely painted example reflects the importance of classical antiquity to early nineteenth-century Americans. Its "classic" swags and garlands signified the rebirth of democracy and representative government in the young republic.
- Gear Cutter, circa 1850 -
- circa 1850
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Gear Cutter, circa 1850
- Document Box, circa 1835 - Any American involved in business in the early 1800s would have used a document box to carry important papers. Though these functional containers weren't fancy, they were nearly always decorated. The men and women who painted document boxes like this one may have been part of a family tin business or hired by a tin shop to do freelance decoration.
- circa 1835
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Document Box, circa 1835
Any American involved in business in the early 1800s would have used a document box to carry important papers. Though these functional containers weren't fancy, they were nearly always decorated. The men and women who painted document boxes like this one may have been part of a family tin business or hired by a tin shop to do freelance decoration.
- Transmission Master Gears Box - Internal combustion engines produce a limited range of speeds, but automobiles operate over a wide range of speeds. Gears modify the engine's speed to match the car's needs. For example, a low 3:1 gear ratio converts three turns of the engine crankshaft into one turn of the driven wheels. High gear, with a 1:1 ratio, matches the engine's speed with the wheels.
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Transmission Master Gears Box
Internal combustion engines produce a limited range of speeds, but automobiles operate over a wide range of speeds. Gears modify the engine's speed to match the car's needs. For example, a low 3:1 gear ratio converts three turns of the engine crankshaft into one turn of the driven wheels. High gear, with a 1:1 ratio, matches the engine's speed with the wheels.
- Maudslay Gear Cutter Machine, Used at Maudslay, Sons and Field, circa 1850 -
- circa 1850
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Maudslay Gear Cutter Machine, Used at Maudslay, Sons and Field, circa 1850