Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-05-06
name: label: maker
content: Manley, Horace A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 215011. The patent describes a simplification of the drive of a platen jobbing press, with the object of making a cheaper press.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.215011
label: patent number
content: 215011
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.215011
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19.8 cm x 11.1 cm x 12.5 cm; 7 13/16 in x 4 3/8 in x 4 15/16 in