Patent model for paper-ruling machine
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Object Details
- Hickok, William O.
- Cooper, Albert
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements principally to the pen cylinder and striker of ruling machines; the invention was granted patent number 194497. William O. Hickok (1815-1891) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was in the bookbinding trade from about 1840. In 1852 he patented his first ruling machine, an improvement on the Hathaway machine then in use. In 1874, with the O-A Striker machine, he established the principles of all ruling machines to come.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1877
- patent date
- 1877-08-21
- ID Number
- GA.89797.194497
- patent number
- 194497
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.194497
- Object Name
- patent model; machine, paper ruling
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21.5 cm x 18.7 cm x 29 cm; 8 7/16 in x 7 3/8 in x 11 7/16 in
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_998804
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b299-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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