Patent model for method of making autographic stencils
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-05-27
name: label: maker
content: Nickerson, Samuel S.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of preparing autographic stencils in which a porous paper stencil was prepared by varnishing the face of a sheet of paper, then drawing on it with a sharp stylus. The invention was granted patent number 215833. The inventor called his process Multograph, or Stulograph. The model consists of a stencil frame and an envelope of papers.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.215833
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 215833
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.215833
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, autographic stencils
label: Object Name
content: Holder, Copy
label: Object Name
content: stencil manufacture, autographic stencils
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 cm x 21.5 cm x 26 cm; 13/16 in x 8 7/16 in x 10 1/4 in