John Cooper Print Machine Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1856
label: patent date
content: 1856-05-20
name: label: maker
content: Cooper, John H.
notes: label: Description
content: John H. Cooper of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was awarded patent number 14,907 on May 20th, 1856 for this printing machine patent model. Cooper describes his patent as a combination of the type radially arranged with a presser bar for carrying the paper to the type to receive the impression. The carriage is rather small and would have carried a smaller piece of paper similar to ticker tape. The radially arranged type must be moved and selected one-by-one to be typed onto the paper, in a manner similar in action to an old rotary telephone.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanisms
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content: Typewriters
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content: Computers & Business Machines
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ME.251211
label: catalog number
content: 251211
label: patent number
content: 14907
label: accession number
content: 48865
label: patent number
content: 14,907
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model, typewriter
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: typewriter; patent model, typewriter; Manual
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 9 in x 7 1/2 in; 15.875 cm x 22.86 cm x 19.05 cm