Patent model for fastening wood blocks for engravers
date: label: date made
content: ca 1864
label: patent date
content: 1864-06-07
name: label: maker
content: Wells, Heber
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to the common method of fastening composite wood blocks together with bolts; the invention was granted patent number 43057. Wells was the proprietor of a wood type manufactory.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.043057
label: patent number
content: 043057
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.043057
objectType: label: Object Name
content: method, block fastening
label: Object Name
content: Block, Fastening
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: 2.5 cm x 11.3 cm x 6 cm; in x 4 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in