Patent Model of aType-Cutting Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1861
label: patent date
content: 1861-02-05
name: label: maker
content: Smith, John J. C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-cutting machine which was granted patent number 31333. The patent details a machine for sawing type from a solid block of letters by first cutting a strip of letters from the block, then notching the strip, and finally cutting apart the letters. The block could be cast by Smith's patent of 1859.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.031333
label: patent number
content: 031333
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.031333
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, notching
label: Object Name
content: machine, pantographic letter carving
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Notching; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 22 cm x 37 cm; 11 in x 8 11/16 in x 14 9/16 in