Patent model for rubber plates or dies for printing
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-08-18
name: label: maker
content: Dickson, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for rubber plates in which a relief-printing plate of vulcanized rubber was molded directly from an intaglio--but right-reading--image etched into stone or metal. This invention was granted patent number 154230; the model consists of two mounted rubber plates.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.154230
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 154230
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.154230
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, rubber plates or dies
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Dressing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Dressing; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.4 cm x 9.2 cm x 5.3 cm; 15/16 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 1/16 in