Patent model for nickel-faced type
date: label: date made
content: ca 1869
label: patent date
content: 1869-09-21
name: label: patentee
content: Smith, Luther L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for electroplating printers' type, electrotype plates, or stereotype plates with nickel; the invention was granted patent number 95053. The patent improved on a patent for nickel plating of type taken out earlier in 1869 by Isaac Adams, Jr.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.095053
label: patent number
content: 095053
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.095053
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, nickel-faced type
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Type, Nickel Faced; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x .2 cm x 2.4 cm; 1/16 in x 1/16 in x 15/16 in