Patent model for nickel-faced type

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Object Details

patentee

Smith, Luther L.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for electroplating printers' type, electrotype plates, or stereotype plates with nickel; the invention was granted patent number 95053. The patent improved on a patent for nickel plating of type taken out earlier in 1869 by Isaac Adams, Jr.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1869

patent date

1869-09-21

ID Number

GA.89797.095053

patent number

095053

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.095053

Object Name

manufacture, nickel-faced type

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

Type, Nickel Faced; Type Founding

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: .2 cm x .2 cm x 2.4 cm; 1/16 in x 1/16 in x 15/16 in

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-af13-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998778