Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine

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Object Details

maker

Baer, Charles

Description (Brief)

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent number 57034. Type was held in cases arranged radially around a rotating "receiver." As each letter was selected at a keyboard it was released to the receiver, lined up, and passed to a galley.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1866

patent date

1866-08-07

ID Number

GA.89797.057034

patent number

057034

accession number

089797

catalog number

GA*89797.057034

Object Name

machine, typesetting

Type Composing

Object Type

Patent Model

Other Terms

Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Composing

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

wood (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 17 cm x 32 cm x 30 cm; 6 11/16 in x 12 5/8 in x 11 13/16 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/ng49ca746ab-b6dd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_998782