Patent Model of a Paper-Ruling Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1864
label: patent date
content: 1864-04-19
name: label: maker
content: Town, Edward
label: maker
content: Chichester, James L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a paper-ruling machine which was granted patent number 42418. The invention produced both feint lines (ruled) and down (striker) lines (blank spaces where the pens were lifted from the paper).
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content: Communications
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.042418
label: patent number
content: 042418
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.042418
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; machine, paper ruling
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Paper Ruling; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.5 cm x 25.3 cm x 38 cm; 11 1/4 in x 9 15/16 in x 14 15/16 in