Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-06-27
name: label: maker
content: Boynton, Edward S.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a lithographic printing press which was granted patent number 116406. A self-inking rotary press carrying the stone or plate on a segment of a large cylinder. The bed of the stone and the shaft of the cylinder were adjustable, to meet the surface of the smaller impression cylinder. The rights to this patent were assigned jointly to Boynton and Charles Parker of Meriden, Connecticut.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.116406
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 116406
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.116406
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, lithographic rotary printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.5 cm x 24.8 cm x 23.3 cm; 11 1/4 in x 9 3/4 in x 9 3/16 in