Patent model for rubber plates or dies for printing

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Object Details

maker

Dickson, John

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for rubber plates in which a relief-printing plate of vulcanized rubber was molded directly from an intaglio--but right-reading--image etched into stone or metal. This invention was granted patent number 154230; the model consists of two mounted rubber plates.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1874

patent date

1874-08-18

ID Number

GA.89797.154230

accession number

089797

patent number

154230

catalog number

GA*89797.154230

Object Name

manufacture, rubber plates or dies

Machine, Dressing

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

Machine, Dressing; Type Founding

Physical Description

wood (overall material)

rubber (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 2.4 cm x 9.2 cm x 5.3 cm; 15/16 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 1/16 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/ng49ca746a8-7426-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998915