NICE RARE BENJAMIN PIKE MID-1800\'S DOUBLE BARREL VACUUM PUMP MUSEUM PIECE
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NICE RARE BENJAMIN PIKE MID-1800\'S DOUBLE BARREL VACUUM PUMP MUSEUM PIECE:
$1199.00
Up for saleis aNICE ORIGINAL RARE BENJAMIN PIKE 1800\'S DOUBLE BARREL VACUUM PUMP MUSEUM PIECE. It measures 16\" tall, 17\" deep including the handles and 10.25\" wide at the base. It is complete except for the glass dome. It appears to also have a nameplate missing on the back. It still creates some vacuum but to function perfectly will probably need the pumps rebuilt. It is marked with \"Benj n Pike stamped into the brass.
This is a special Double-Barrel Vacuum Pump by Benjamin Pike,Jr. of New York. His pieces are in the collections of Museums , and Universities and seldom are available for sale. Benjamin Pike, Jr. was born in New York City in 1809 and died near Astoria, Long Island in 1864. He won a silver medal at the American Institute Fair held in New York City in 1844. Pike knew his market well. Americans at that time were establishing numerous schools and colleges and equipping them with instruments for scientific demonstrations. In addition to announcing the latest gadgetry, Benjamin Pike Jr. was an innovative direct marketer - about 150 years before it became in vogue. He created and published a lengthy catalogue of over 750 items, complete with illustrations and generous descriptions which Warner described as more than a catalogue, but rather one of the best English language sources of information on scientific instruments. used in the mid-nineteenth century, short of the Encyclopedia. Benjamin Jr. was born in 1809, and around the age of thirty four, set up shop for himself. He established his new scientific instruments shop at a separate location in old New York in 1843. Benjamin Jr. had apparently learned the trade well as he won numerous awards including three silver medals at American Institute Fairs in the 1840\'s. Two of the silver medals were for superior air pumps and one was for galvanic battery and apparatus. He also won two diplomas at the American Institute Fairs - one for his electromagnetic machine and the other for his mathematical instruments. The genius of this was that w Double-barrel pumps are actuated by a rocking motion of the horizontal bar.
A very nice and unusual item. Item sold \"as is.\" Email any questions. Thanks for looking!
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NICE RARE BENJAMIN PIKE MID-1800\'S DOUBLE BARREL VACUUM PUMP MUSEUM PIECE:
$1199.00