Patent model for printers' quoins

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Object Details

maker

Lame, Samuel C.

Briggs, Ferdinand Sherwin

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a three-part quoin, the parts being held together by a key passing through a slot in the central wedge; the invention was granted patent number 148308. Roughened sides of the quoin prevented slippage on other furniture.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1874

patent date

1874-03-10

ID Number

1996.0062.11

patent number

148308

accession number

1996.0062

catalog number

1996.0062.11

Object Name

manufacture, printers quoins

patent model

Coin

sidesticks and quoins, printer's

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 4 cm x 3 cm x 1.5 cm; 1 9/16 in x 1 3/16 in x 9/16 in

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Work

Communications

Industry & Manufacturing

Patent Models

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-e120-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_997683