Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Leiman Bros. - Sensitive Drill Press

 










Leiman Bros. Senstive Drill Press on display at the Marathon Motor Works in Nashville, Tennessee.


Marathon Motor Works was created to produce the Marathon automobile from 1909 to 1914, named out of the enthusiasm for things Greek which had grown out of the 1904 Olympics. 














Sunday, November 6, 2022

Pump for the Iron Lung Invented by C. E. H. Armbruster

Cast iron pump with a “LEIMAN BROS. AIR PUMP / PAT'D JUNE 04 / MAR 08” inscription. Charles EH Armbruster used this pump for an iron lung of his own invention.

Ref: William H. Leiman and George W. Leiman, “Rotary Pump,” US Patent 762,539 (June 14, 1904).William H. Leiman and George W. Leiman, “Blower,” US Patent 883,464 (March 31, 1908) .