Object Details
maker
Hickok, William O.
Cooper, Albert
Description (Brief)
This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements principally to the pen cylinder and striker of ruling machines; the invention was granted patent number 194497. William O. Hickok (1815-1891) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was in the bookbinding trade from about 1840. In 1852 he patented his first ruling machine, an improvement on the Hathaway machine then in use. In 1874, with the O-A Striker machine, he established the principles of all ruling machines to come.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1877
patent date
1877-08-21
ID Number
GA.89797.194497
patent number
194497
accession number
089797
catalog number
GA*89797.194497
Object Name
patent model; machine, paper ruling
Object Type
Patent Model
Physical Description
wood (overall material)
metal (part material)
Measurements
overall: 21.5 cm x 18.7 cm x 29 cm; 8 7/16 in x 7 3/8 in x 11 7/16 in
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Work
Communications
Industry & Manufacturing
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_998804