Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- The Bathe Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania manufactured this toy outboard marine gas engine during the early 20th century. The engine has two opposing cylinders with a two-blade propeller. The Bathe Manufacturing Company was owned by Greville Bathe, a machinist and engine hobbyist who donated this object to the museum.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- early 20th century
- ID Number
- MC.329046
- catalog number
- 329046
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- toy, gasoline engine
- gasoline engine, toy
- gasoline engine, toy, marine
- toy, marine gasoline engine
- Physical Description
- brass, glass, wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall - from catalog card: 7 in; 17.78 cm
- overall: 7 5/8 in x 5 in x 5 5/8 in; 19.3675 cm x 12.7 cm x 14.2875 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847245
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-6b7b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
