Abraham Lincoln's patent model
3D model · GLB · 9.7 MB · by Smithsonian Institution (NMAH)
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Scan of the model Abraham Lincoln submitted with his 1849 patent for buoying vessels over shoals, the only patent held by a US president. Provided as GLB; open it in the viewer to rotate it, or export it to STL, OBJ, FBX and other formats.
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