Object Details
patentee
Hoe, Richard March
maker
Hoe, Richard March
Description (Brief)
This patent model demonstrates an invention for various improvements on the English presses of Applegath, Napier, and others, especially methods of stopping and reversing the press bed in its travel and of raising the impression cylinders to allow the bed to pass underneath. The invention was granted patent number 2629.
This was the patent for Hoe's Pony press, built specifically for the New York Sun to print 5-6,000 impressions per hour. Richard March Hoe (1812-1886) was the son of Robert Hoe, founder of the original company, which he took over in 1833 after his father's death. Among many outstanding inventions, his most famous press was the Lightning of 1846. He was also known for solicitous management of his employees, for whom he set up set up a free but compulsory apprentice school.
Location
Currently not on view (printing press fragment)
date made
ca 1842
patent date
1842-05-20
ID Number
GA.11023
catalog number
GA*11023
accession number
48865
patent number
002629
Object Name
patent model; press, printing
Object Type
Patent Model
Other Terms
patent model; press, printing; press, two cylinder, Hoe
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 15 in x 11 in x 25 1/4 in; 38.1 cm x 27.94 cm x 64.135 cm
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Work
Communications
Industry & Manufacturing
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Exhibition
Art in Industry
Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_790065