Patent Model for a Hand Lever Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1854
label: patent date
content: 1854-03-28
name: label: maker
content: Underhill, Henry
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand-lever printing press which was granted patent number 10717. The press is a self-inking hand press with a fixed bed. The paper was carried into position by a double frisket carriage with inking rollers. The carriage was propelled by a crank handle turned continuously in one direction.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.010717
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 010717
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.010717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42.5 cm x 47.7 cm x 25.5 cm; 16 3/4 in x 18 3/4 in x 10 1/16 in