Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Web Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-08-12
name: label: maker
content: Cox, Joseph L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder press, granted patent number 218493. The patent details a web-fed press that printed on both strokes of the bed, doubling the usual output of cylinder presses. It also stacked, cut, and counted the sheets after printing.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.218493
label: patent number
content: 218493
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.218493
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, flatbed cylinder printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.8 cm x 18.7 cm x 29.2 cm; 11 3/4 in x 7 3/8 in x 11 1/2 in