Patent model for a method of making curved electrotype and stereotype plates

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Object Details

maker

Lovejoy, Henry W.

Ferguson, James H.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for the manufacture of curved printing plates from flat plates, without altering the dimensions of the printing image; the invention was granted patent number 86021.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1869

patent date

1869-01-19

ID Number

GA.89797.086021

accession number

089797

patent number

086021

catalog number

GA*89797.086021

Object Name

Apparatus?

manufacture, electrotype plate making

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 5 cm x 13.2 cm x 17.8 cm; 1 15/16 in x 5 3/16 in x 7 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/ng49ca746ab-c82e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998875