Patent model for printers' pocket case for bodkins and tweezers

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Object Details

maker

Quail, William

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a combined tool in which bodkin and tweezers folded into their own handle for portability; the invention was granted patent number 70261. The bodkin (a small pointed awl) and tweezers were tools with many uses in the print shop, and always ready to the printer's hand.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1867

patent date

1867-10-29

ID Number

GA.89797.070261

patent number

070261

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.070261

Object Name

manufacture, printers pocket case

Apparatus?

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 7 cm x 1 cm x 1 cm; 2 3/4 in x 3/8 in x 3/8 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/ng49ca746a8-85e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998943