Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1870
label: patent date
content: 1870-11-08
name: label: maker
content: De La Pena, M.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent number 108980. The patent details a keyboard typesetter with a "branching gravitation type-slide." Patentee De la Pena was an Argentinian living in New York City.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.108980
label: patent number
content: 108980
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.108980
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, typesetting
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Composing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Composing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42 cm x 24 cm x 34 cm; 16 9/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 13 3/8 in