Patent Model of a Typesetting and Distributing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1860
label: patent date
content: 1860-05-29
name: label: maker
content: Felt, Charles W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting and distributing machine which was granted patent number 28463. Typing at the keyboard perforated a paper tape to produce a complete "registry" of the keystrokes, including all spacing and leading. This record could be used to set several identical pages of type or, fed in reverse, to redistribute the type to its cases. The keyboard is missing from the model.
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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.89797.028463
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 028463
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.028463
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, typesetting
label: Object Name
content: Composing Machine
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Composing Machine; Composing; Type-Setting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32 cm x 25.5 cm x 30.8 cm; 12 5/8 in x 10 1/16 in x 12 1/8 in