Patent model for printing surfaces, assigned patent number 160177.

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Object Details

maker

Friedlaender, Julius

Moeller, Peter Korfitz

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of producing a lithographic printing surface by coating a metal plate or cylinder with tin, by electrolytic or chemical means. The invention was granted patent number 160177. (Friedlander and Moeller were from Leipzig, Saxony.)

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1875

patent date

1875-02-23

ID Number

GA.89797.160177

patent number

160177

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.160177

Object Name

manufacture, printing surfaces

printing surfaces, lithographic

plate holder, stereotype

plate, stereotype

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 2 cm x 25.5 cm x 33 cm; 13/16 in x 10 1/16 in x 13 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-c69f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998968