Patent model machine for making cold wrought type
date: label: date made
content: ca 1847
label: patent date
content: 1847-04-03
name: label: maker
content: Petyt, Jean Constant
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine which produced type by compression and cutting from rods of any metal; the invention was granted patent number 5049. The face was formed using a steel letter matrix or, for reversed type (type en creux), a steel punch. The model is a full-sized working machine. (Jean Petyt was from Paris, France.)
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.005049
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 005049
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.005049
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
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: 46 cm x 66.5 cm x 37 cm; 18 1/8 in x 26 3/16 in x 14 9/16 in