We had to wait until 12:30 to pick up grandson Dylan, because he had a drivers' ed class in the morning. Pete was not feeling well, so stayed at his mother's house. We took Dylan to Silver Diner for lunch/brunch, then headed over to see Erich, Laura, and Arya. Last minute planning did not work out, so we "hung out" at their house. Everyone seemed to be coping well. We feel grateful for even this little time with them. They are busy with other family events.
We had dinner at Coastal Flats in Gaithersburg.
Monday, January 8, 2024
Heading home, I totally forgot my main reason to return to Hagley Museum was for a Garden Passport stamp! Instead, we completed seeing the Hagley Museum exhibit, Nation of Inventors, showcasing a fraction of their collection of 5,000 patent models. We had started viewing the exhibit on July 29, 2023.
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| The Visitor Center (1814 as a cotton spinning mill) of Hagley Museum |
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| The patent model for the Velocipede Time Machine, a "patently false" patent application for a sculpture that incorporates three 19C technologies: flyball governor, electromagnetic motors, and a perpendicular stabilizing ring |
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| The actual Velocipede Time Machine (2021, by Bruce Rosenbaum) is in the lobby |
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| Model of improved machine for varnishing the interior of cartridge-shells (1877, by Francis A Pratt and John R Reynolds) |
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| Exercising apparatus (1867, by B F Brady) |
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| Fly trap (1871, by D Lathrop) |
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| Spiral spring float propelling rotary steam engine (1835, by Mason Young) |
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| Improved lawn mower (1879, by Andrew Jusberg) |
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| Boat for duck shooting (1857, by R Bogle) |
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| Gear cutting machine (1877, by George B Corliss) |
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| Fruit jar cover (1873, by John L Mason), a Mason jar! |
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| Rubik's Cube (1983, by Ernő Rubik) |
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| Artifical leg (1857, by N Bly) |
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| Fire escape (1878, by Catharine R Mott) |
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| Improved nursery lounge (1867, by S Buttenheim) |
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| Improved machine for sewing straw braid (1876, by Mary P Carpenter); several models were marked "As seen on Jeopardy" |
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| Improvement in propulsion of vehicles (1876, by Emily Evans Tassey) |
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| United States patents were given to women and Blacks, and Black women , some pictured here ... |
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| ... with their accomplishments noted on the reverse side to their photos |
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| Improvement in capodastro frames for pianos (1878, by C F Theodore Steinway); patents were also given to foreigners such as the son of Heinrich Steinweg, the piano maker and piano company founder of Steinway |
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