Patent Model of a Press for Printing from Multicolor Blocks
date: label: date made
content: ca 1872
label: patent date
content: 1872-01-30
name: label: maker
content: Laemmel, Moritz
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of making multicolor prints on paper from special compound blocks of pigmented resin; the invention was granted patent number 123266. A series of steam-heated impression rollers alternating with cold rollers melted and then fixed the resin onto the paper. The press bed rested on wedges, so the resin block could be raised as its surface was used up.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.123266
label: patent number
content: 123266
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.123266
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, multicolor printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 38.2 cm x 11.6 cm; 3 15/16 in x 15 1/16 in x 4 9/16 in