Patent Model for a Double-Ended Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1842
label: patent date
content: 1842-09-30
name: label: maker
content: Northrup, Joel G.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a double-ended press; it was granted patent number 2793. The invention included a method of bringing two alternating beds into printing position. The patent could be applied either to a bed-and-platen press or to another cylinder press.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.002793
label: patent number
content: 002793
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.002793
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; press, Northrop
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.7 cm x 25.3 cm x 38 cm; 10 1/2 in x 9 15/16 in x 14 15/16 in