Patent Model for Stereoteype Matrices
date: label: date made
content: ca 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-10-03
name: label: maker
content: Shiland, Alexander
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for creating stereotype matrices; the invention was granted patent number 119537. The patent describes an apparatus for stamping separate letters into soft materials to make electrotype or stereotype molds, or for stamping letters into wood.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.119537
label: patent number
content: 119537
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.119537
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, stereotype matrices
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 cm x 22.2 cm x 20.5 cm; 3 9/16 in x 8 3/4 in x 8 1/16 in