Patent Model for a Flatbed Cylinder Press

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Object Details

maker

Newbury, Alonzo

Newbury, Boliver

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a press with a stationary bed which was granted patent number 15740. The cylinder followed an endless rack that lifted it for the return trip over the bed. This patent covered the Newbury Country Press, a small hand-powered printing machine that was popular with country newspaper shops in the 1860s.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1856

patent date

1856-09-16

ID Number

GA.89797.015740

accession number

089797

patent number

015740

catalog number

GA*89797.015740

Object Name

press, printing

patent model

Machine, Sewing

Object Type

machine sewing

Patent Model

Other Terms

Machine, Sewing; Bookbinding

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 15.3 cm x 18.7 cm x 26.5 cm; 6 in x 7 3/8 in x 10 7/16 in

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Communications

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7567-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998938