Patent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1839
label: patent date
content: 1839-09-07
name: label: maker
content: Schuebly, William
label: maker
content: Schuebly, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen-printing press; the invention was granted patent number 1315. On the press, the feeding, inking and printing actions were directed by grooves on a driving cylinder.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.001315
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 001315
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.001315
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
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: 18.3 cm x 29.3 cm x 16.3 cm; 7 3/16 in x 11 9/16 in x 6 7/16 in