Patent Model of a Type-Making Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1864
label: patent date
content: 1864-07-26
name: label: maker
content: Smith, John J. C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-making machine which was granted patent number 43649. The patent details a machine for sawing individual letters from cast-metal strip of letters. The strips were to be made by Smith's companion patent of the same date.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.043649
label: patent number
content: 043649
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.043649
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; machine, type cutting
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: 10.5 cm x 27.5 cm x 33 cm; 4 1/8 in x 10 13/16 in x 13 in