Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
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Object Details
- De La Pena, M.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent number 108980. The patent details a keyboard typesetter with a "branching gravitation type-slide." Patentee De la Pena was an Argentinian living in New York City.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1870
- patent date
- 1870-11-08
- ID Number
- GA.89797.108980
- patent number
- 108980
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.108980
- Object Name
- machine, typesetting
- Machine, Type Composing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Composing
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 42 cm x 24 cm x 34 cm; 16 9/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 13 3/8 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_998788
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-31d9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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