Thomas Elkins refrigerator patent model
3D model · GLB · 2.7 MB · by Smithsonian Institution (NMAAHC)
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Scan of the patent model for Thomas Elkins' 1879 refrigerating apparatus, from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. 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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