Patent Model of a Typecasting Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-02-13
name: label: maker
content: Howard, Anson M.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typecasting machine which was granted patent number 187278. The patent describes a machine for the rapid production of replica type, from originals made for the purpose in a hard metal such as steel. The type could have raised or sunken letters, and a straight, concave, or convex surface for printing on flatbed or rotary presses.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.187278
label: patent number
content: 187278
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.187278
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, typecasting
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Dressing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Dressing; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 cm x 26 cm x 22 cm; 11 7/16 in x 10 1/4 in x 8 11/16 in