Engraving machine
date: label: Date made
content: Patent Date November 3, 1868
label: Date made
content: circa 1868
label: patent date
content: November 3, 1868
name: label: maker
content: Guerrant, John C.
label: maker
content: Field, Benton J.
notes: label: Description
content: <I>Machine for engraving metal plates or cutting stencils from original designs. The engraved copies were engraved in reverse and reduced in size. The patent improved on patents taken out in 1866 and 1867.</I>
label: Description
content: Harris, Elizabeth M. <I>Patent Models in the Graphic Arts Collection.</I>
label: Description
content: Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
label: Description
content: Institution, 1997.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Work
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.083708
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 083708
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.083708
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Patent Model
label: Object Name
content: Machine, engraving
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 30.5 cm x 29.5 cm x 19.5 cm; 12 in x 11 5/8 in x 7 11/16 in