The Otis steam excavator

Author

Stueland, Samuel

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Technology and culture. 1994, Num. 3, Vol. 35, 571-574, 3 ill.

ISSN

0040-165X

Abstract (en)

On the device invented by William Smith Otis ca.1837 which essentially performed the same motions as a man with a shovel, removing earth with a bucket in a scooping motion and then rotating 90 degrees to deposit the contents of the bucket, usually into a waiting wagon.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Decorative arts -- Other media and forms -- United States
• Otis, William Smith, 1813-1839
• Machinery
• Steam shovels
• United States
• 1800-1900

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Arts décoratifs -- Autres formes d'art -- États-Unis
• Otis, William Smith, 1813-1839
• Machinerie
• Excavateur
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19950101-00310518

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