Patent model for process for preparing autographic stencils

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Object Details

maker

Allen, Jerome

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for preparing paper stencils by coating paper with a gummy solution such as collodion, and then writing on it with sulphuric acid or another corrosive liquid; the invention was granted patent number 211682.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1879

patent date

1879-01-23

ID Number

GA.89797.211682

patent number

211682

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.211682

Object Name

process, autographic stencil preparation

Stencil

stencil process, autographic stencil preparation

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 2 cm x 12 cm x 21 cm; 13/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 8 1/4 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-d469-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998805