Patent Model for a Card Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1858
label: patent date
content: 1858-04-27
name: label: maker
content: Clarkson, William W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a crank-operated, self-feeding card press which was granted patent number 20039. A press based on this patent was produced for sale, and was demonstrated in the offices of the Scientific American in I860.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.020039
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 020039
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.020039
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Lead Casting
label: Object Name
content: leads
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Lead Casting; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 27 cm x 15.5 cm; 10 1/4 in x 10 5/8 in x 6 1/8 in