Patent Model of a Pantographic Engraving Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1852
label: patent date
content: 1852-06-01
name: label: maker
content: Taylor, Isaac
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a pantographic apparatus which was granted patent number 8991. The pantographic apparatus is used for engraving multiple images precisely placed and at extreme reduction; also for the engraving of cylinders for calico printing, and for the decoration of wallpaper. The patentee was Isaac Taylor, from Stamford Rivers, England.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.008991
label: patent number
content: 008991
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.008991
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Engraving
label: Object Name
content: machine, engraving, wallpaper
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: 40 cm x 31 cm x 46.5 cm; 15 3/4 in x 12 3/16 in x 18 5/16 in