Patent model for printing on pyroxyline compounds (celluloid)

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Object Details

maker

Lefferts, Marshall C.

Hyatt, John W.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for variations on the method of printing celluloid under heat and pressure. The invention was granted patent number 348222. The model consists of three photogravure specimens.

John Wesley Hyatt (born 1837) started his working life as a printer. Early in his career, he took out a patent for a composition for artificial ivory billiard balls, which led him to the invention of celluloid in 1868. In 1869 Hyatt and his brother Isaac founded the Celluloid Manufacturing Company. He held some 250 patents, mostly concerned with the use of celluloid.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1886

patent date

1886-08-31

ID Number

GA.89797.348222

accession number

089797

patent number

348222

catalog number

GA*89797.348222

Object Name

process

specimen, paper

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

photogravure (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 19.5 cm x 13.3 cm x .1 cm; 7 11/16 in x 5 1/4 in x 1/16 in

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Work

Communications

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7559-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998932