Patent Model of a Copying Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-07-24
name: label: maker
content: Powlett, James A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a copying press which was granted patent number 193346. The patent describes a letter-copying press in which the pressure was produced by inflating an air bag.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.193346
label: patent number
content: 193346
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.193346
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, copy
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 17.8 cm x 25.3 cm; 2 3/8 in x 7 in x 9 15/16 in