Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press

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Object Details

maker

Reynolds, Edwin

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a scraper press with stationary stone and moving scraper; the invention was granted patent number 43796.

Location

Currently not on view

Date made

Patent Date August 9, 1864

date made

ca 1864

patent date

1864-08-09

ID Number

GA.89797.043796

accession number

89797

patent number

043796

catalog number

GA*89797.043796

Object Name

patent model; press, printing

Apparatus?, Parts of, Batch of

apparatus?, parts of, batch of

press, printing

patent model

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 21.5 cm x 25.8 cm x 14.3 cm; 8 7/16 in x 10 3/16 in x 5 5/8 in

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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

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Work

Communications

Industry & Manufacturing

Patent Models

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-4ed9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_766715