Patent Model of aTypesetting Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
label: patent date
content: 1876-03-21
name: label: maker
content: Lorenz, William A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent number 174916. The type was stored vertically in channels, and was dropped piece by piece down converging tracks behind a glass panel, and assembled in a long line in a raceway at the bottom. The line was divided and space-fitted by a second operator. As with Lorenz's first patent, the rights were assigned indirectly to Henry Burr.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.174916
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 174916
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.174916
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, type distributing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 23.5 cm x 25 cm; 11 in x 9 1/4 in x 9 13/16 in