Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-11-11
name: label: maker
content: Hawkins, John T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder press which was granted patent number 221459. The patent describes a means of lifting the cylinder of a press by springs, rather than by the usual counterweights, so that the full weight of the cylinder could be used for the impression.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.221459
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 221459
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.221459
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, flatbed cylinder printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.8 cm x 22.2 cm x 20.8 cm; 7 3/8 in x 8 3/4 in x 8 3/16 in