Patent Model of a Type-Distributing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1854
label: patent date
content: 1854-03-21
name: label: patentee
content: Beaumont, Victor
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-distributing machine which was granted patent number 10656. The rotary distributer, used notched type. The specification includes a brief description of other distributers of his day--the Gaubert, Clay and Rosenberg, and Sorenson machines.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.010656
label: patent number
content: 010656
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.010656
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Composing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Distributing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27 cm x 32 cm x 32 cm; 10 5/8 in x 12 5/8 in x 12 5/8 in