Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine

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Object Details

maker

Dickinson, Charles W.

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine; the invention was granted patent number 174901. The patent details a keyboard-operated typesetting machine that set type in a line and then broke the line into column lengths. Patentee Charles Dickinson was at some time a partner in the development of the Burr-Empire line of typesetting machines.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1876

patent date

1876-03-21

ID Number

GA.89797.174901

accession number

89797

catalog number

GA*89797.174901

patent number

174901

Object Name

patent model

machine, typesetting and composing

Composing Machine

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

Composing Machine; Composing; Type-Setting

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 36 cm x 20 cm x 31 cm; 14 3/16 in x 7 7/8 in x 12 3/16 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/ng49ca746a9-31f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1072066