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 cylinder press, in which a carriage bearing the flat stone moved through an arc of a circle and under the rotating cylinder; the invention was granted patent number 46390.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1865

patent date

1865-02-14

ID Number

GA.89797.046390

patent number

046390

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.046390

Object Name

patent model; press, printing

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 29 cm x 23.5 cm x 20.3 cm; 11 7/16 in x 9 1/4 in x 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/ng49ca746a8-9a03-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998689