Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
label: patent date
content: 1881-07-19
name: label: maker
content: Lorenz, William A.
label: maker
content: Johnson, Louis K.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to typesetting machines, specifically in the control of type traveling from storage channels to assembly point. The invention was granted patent number 244723. Both Patentees Lorenz and Johnson had a financial interest in the Burr typesetting machine (see Lorenz's earlier patents).
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content: Communications
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.244723
label: patent number
content: 244723
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.244723
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Composing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Distributing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 29.5 cm x 18 cm; 8 1/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 7 1/16 in