Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
label: patent date
content: 1882-04-25
name: label: maker
content: Golding, William H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 256891. This patent was applied to Golding's Official press. It included several mechanisms for a platen press, notably for conveying movement to the platen, the ink disk, and the distributor, and for adjusting the platen.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.256891
label: patent number
content: 256891
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.256891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.8 cm x 14.5 cm x 15.8 cm; 9 in x 5 11/16 in x 6 1/4 in