Patent model for sidesticks and quoins
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-08-12
name: label: maker
content: Gosorn, George T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a combination of quoins and sidesticks which was granted patent number 218518. The quoins swiveled on the ends of wide screws that turned into the sides of the metal sidesticks. A guage in the center of each sidestick told the compositor how far the quoin could be extended.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models, Graphic Arts
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content: Work
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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: 1996.0062.09
label: patent number
content: 218518
label: accession number
content: 1996.0062
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0062.09
label: patent number
content: 218518
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, sidesticks and quoins
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Coin, Printer's
label: Object Name
content: quoin, printer's
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 26.2 cm x 3.5 cm; 9/16 in x 10 5/16 in x 1 3/8 in