Patent model machine for making cold wrought type

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patent model

Object Details

maker

Petyt, Jean Constant

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine which produced type by compression and cutting from rods of any metal; the invention was granted patent number 5049. The face was formed using a steel letter matrix or, for reversed type (type en creux), a steel punch. The model is a full-sized working machine. (Jean Petyt was from Paris, France.)

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1847

patent date

1847-04-03

ID Number

GA.89797.005049

accession number

089797

patent number

005049

catalog number

GA*89797.005049

Object Name

patent model

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 46 cm x 66.5 cm x 37 cm; 18 1/8 in x 26 3/16 in x 14 9/16 in

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Work

Communications

Industry & Manufacturing

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-78e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998818