Patent Model of a Rotary Lithographic or Type Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-03-05
name: label: maker
content: Newsum, George
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary lithographic press which was granted patent number 200927. The revolving type cylinder had two flat sides where type forms or lithographic stones were mounted. The two curved surfaces of the cylinder were used as ink distributing surfaces. Patentee George Newsum was from Leeds, England, where he patented this press in 1872.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.200927
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 200927
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.200927
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, rotary 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: 18.8 cm x 22.5 cm x 19.7 cm; 7 3/8 in x 8 7/8 in x 7 3/4 in