Patent Model for Web Perfecting Rotary Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1837
label: patent date
content: 1837-11-20
name: label: maker
content: French, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a web perfecting rotary press which was granted patent number 468. Flat forms of type were arranged around the surface of two type cylinders to form polygons. The web of paper was printed on both sides at this press, then sent to a drying machine still in the web, and finally cut into sheets. The inventor is named "Trench" on the patent drawings and "French" on the specification.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.11026
label: catalog number
content: GA*11026
label: accession number
content: 49064
label: patent number
content: 000468
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; press, web perfecting, Trench
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 cm x 65 cm x 26 cm; 9 13/16 in x 25 9/16 in x 10 1/4 in