Patent model for typecasting device for embossed or pointed type
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
label: patent date
content: 1860-10-09
name: label: maker
content: Bryant, Isaac C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for Bryant's hand mold with a double matrix, intended for the casting of "pointed type" as used by the blind. The invention was granted patent number 30293. The letters (not Braille signs) in the matrices were built up from the sharp ends of wires.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.030293
label: patent number
content: 030293
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.030293
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model: machine, type casting
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: 4 cm x 5.3 cm x 24 cm; 1 9/16 in x 2 1/16 in x 9 7/16 in