Patent Model of a Type-dressing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1866
label: patent date
content: 1866-12-11
name: label: maker
content: Welch, Patrick
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for dressing and finishing the four sides, the shoulders, and the edges of type; the invention was granted patent number 60450.
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content: Currently not on view
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.060450
label: patent number
content: 060450
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.060450
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Type, Nickel Faced
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Type, Nickel Faced; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 31.5 cm x 20 cm; 11 in x 12 3/8 in x 7 7/8 in