Object Details
- patentee
- Schilling, Cornelius
- inventor
- Schilling, Cornelius
- Description
- In 1870, Cornelius Schilling patented the use of an oscillating single-bladed paddle to propel vessels "with ease and facility." The next year he thought better of his inefficient idea. In a new patent application, he disclaimed everything in his first attempt and proposed instead the arrangement of multiple paddles seen in this model. This model accompanied his application for an “improvement in propulsion of canal boats” that received patent number 119,792 on October 10, 1871. The patent claimed that the paddles "are so arranged that they alternate with each other, one set being in action while the other is carried back through the air, and thereby a continuous action of the propeller is produced."
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1871
- patent date
- 1871-10-10
- ID Number
- 1979.1029.02
- catalog number
- 1979.1029.02
- accession number
- 1979.1029
- patent number
- 119,792
- Object Name
- canal boat propulsion, patent model
- patent model, boat propulsion, canal
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in x 4 in x 3 1/2 in; 25.4 cm x 10.16 cm x 8.89 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: New York
- associated place
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Maritime
- America on the Move
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Patent Models
- Record ID
- nmah_1316598
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-4430-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
