Patent Model of a Machine for Casting Printers' Leads
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-10-06
name: label: maker
content: Goodale, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a casting printers’ lead; it was granted patent number 155609. Molten lead was rolled out to thickness between two flexible steel belts, then cut into strips, trimmed, and planed smooth.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.24905
label: patent number
content: 155609
label: accession number
content: 1978.1070
label: catalog number
content: GA*24905
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, typecasting
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Dressing
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: 20 cm x 10.5 cm x 32.5 cm; 7 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 12 13/16 in