Patent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
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Object Details
- Folsom, George F.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a perfecting machine with two printing plates, two platens, and a rotary carrier to convey the paper between them; the invention was granted patent number 14558.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1856
- patent date
- 1856-04-01
- ID Number
- GA.89797.014558
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 014558
- 014558
- catalog number
- GA*89797.014558
- Object Name
- patent model
- press, printing
- Coin
- quoin, printers
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24.5 cm x 29.8 cm x 19.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 7 11/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_998920
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-cb92-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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