Patent Model of a Hand Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1853
label: patent date
content: 1853-08-09
name: label: maker
content: Lewis, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flat-bed printing press which was granted patent number 9923. This press is a toggle lever press in which the platen was forced down by bails. The model is incomplete.
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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.89797.009923
label: patent number
content: 009923
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.009923
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; press, flat-bed platen, Lewis
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.8 cm x 13 cm x 17.8 cm; 7 in x 5 1/8 in x 7 in