Patent Model of a Type-Making Machine

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Object Details

maker

Smith, John J. C.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-making machine which was granted patent number 43649. The patent details a machine for sawing individual letters from cast-metal strip of letters. The strips were to be made by Smith's companion patent of the same date.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1864

patent date

1864-07-26

ID Number

GA.89797.043649

patent number

043649

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.043649

Object Name

patent model; machine, type cutting

Object Type

Patent Model

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 10.5 cm x 27.5 cm x 33 cm; 4 1/8 in x 10 13/16 in x 13 in

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Work

Communications

Industry & Manufacturing

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-83be-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998777