Sheller, corn

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OBJECT TYPE: BURRAL
DATE: 1840
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1087.001

MANUFACTURER: SMART, JAMES
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Brockville, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CAST IRON/ WOODEN RIM ON DRIVE WHEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 66.0 cm
Width: 45.7 cm
Height: 100.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Crop processing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: SMART
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Brockville

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: TO SEPARATE THE KERNELS FROM THE COB/ THIS SHELLER HAS HAD ORIGINAL FLYWHEEL REPLACED SO THAT IT CAN BE POWERED BY A GAS ENGINE & OPERATED BY ONLY ONE PERSON
Technical: PRIOR TO INVENTION OF CORNSHELLER, SHELLING WAS MOST TIME CONSUMING ASPECT OF CORN HARVEST/ FARMERS WENT FROM SHELLING COMPARATIVELY LITTLE BY HAND TO OVER 40 BUSHELS AT DAYUSING THE CORNSHELLER/ MORE COULD BE SHELLED IN LESS TIME BY FEWER PEOPLE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: IN RAISED CAST LETTERS ON BODY IS: 'JAMES. SMART/ BROCKVILLE ONT/ THE BURRAL/ CORNSHELLER'/ INSIDE THE CORN SPOUT HANDWRITTEN IN BLACK IS: 'Z-111-D-819'
Missing: HANDLE/ FLY WHEEL/ (ORIGINAL FLY WHEEL REPLACED BY SMALLER WHEEL WITH WOOD BLOCK SKIRT)/ END OF BROKEN LEG From CA of 06/23/1997 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
Finish: ORIGINAL FINISH WORN AWAY, BARE METAL, RUST COLOURED REMAINS
Decoration: IN CENTER OF CORNSHELLER IS A RAISED CAST OF A BEAVER ON A MAPLE BRANCH THAT HAS 3 LEAVES

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SMART, JAMES, Sheller, corn, circa 1840, Artifact no. 1969.1087, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1969.1087.001/

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