Patent for Type Rubbing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1848
label: patent date
content: 1848-01-25
name: label: maker
content: Duncan, James L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for James Duncan's Rotary Type Rubber which smoothed the rough edges on freshly cast type. The invention was granted patent number 5420.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.005420
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 005420
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.005420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Dressing
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content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Dressing; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.5 cm x 27 cm x 35 cm; 9 5/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 13 3/4 in