Patent Model of a Portable Hand Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: patent date
content: 1857-03-03
name: label: patentee
content: Chamberlin, Nathaniel L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a portable hand press which was granted patent number 16718. The cylinder and handle of this portable roller press are fastened on the end of a long sliding shaft. In the 1870s, patentee Nathaniel Chamberlain, as he spelled his name then, ran a Boston business specializing in office stamps for banks and counting houses.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.016718
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 016718
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.016718
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.5 cm x 35.3 cm x 27.3 cm; 6 7/8 in x 13 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in