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Riehle Universal Testing Machine

The pictures below are of the Riehle Universal Testing Machine that is on
display in the Smithsonian Institute.  Some of the text from the display reads:

Universal Testing Machine, 1893
Maker: Riehle Brothers, Philadelphia
Materials: cast iron, steel, brass
Gift of Purdue University

Contributed by David Gosztola.  His wife is Mary (Riehle) Gosztola.  Her father was Wayne,
(gf)Elmer, (ggf)Joseph, and (gggf)Conrad who came from Baden  Germany and settled in Iowa.
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