Patent Model for a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press

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Object Details

maker

Hoe, Richard March

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements in the printing press; the invention was granted patent number 4025. The patent details improvements in feed and delivery, in raising the cylinder, and in stopping the bed.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1845

patent date

1845-05-01

ID Number

GA.11016

catalog number

GA*11016

patent number

004025

accession number

48865

Object Name

patent model; press, printing

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

patent model; press, printing; press, drum-cylinder, hoe

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

brass (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 29.8 cm x 30 cm x 50.6 cm; 11 3/4 in x 11 13/16 in x 19 15/16 in

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Work

Communications

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c892-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_790064