Object Details
maker
Carpenter, Luman
Description (Brief)
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a carpenter's type-cutter and protractor; the invention was granted patent number 2894. The cutter and protractor was a machine for cutting multiple copies from a single pattern. Typically, it was to be used in making wood type, which could be enlarged or reduced, extended or compressed, thrown into perspective, or turned into "grotesque type of any given fashion from the same plain pattern."
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1842
patent date
1842-12-31
ID Number
GA.89797.002894
patent number
002894
accession number
089797
catalog number
GA*89797.002894
Object Name
Machine, Engraving
Object Type
Patent Model
Other Terms
Machine, Engraving; Pantograph
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
wood (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 38.7 cm x 22.7 cm x 22.7 cm; 15 1/4 in x 8 15/16 in x 8 15/16 in
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Work
Communications
Industry & Manufacturing
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_998763