Patent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1856
label: patent date
content: 1856-04-01
name: label: maker
content: Folsom, George F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a perfecting machine with two printing plates, two platens, and a rotary carrier to convey the paper between them; the invention was granted patent number 14558.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.014558
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 014558
label: patent number
content: 014558
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.014558
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: Coin
label: Object Name
content: quoin, printers
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 cm x 29.8 cm x 19.5 cm; 9 5/8 in x 11 3/4 in x 7 11/16 in