Patent Model of a Typecasting and Composing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-06-06
name: label: maker
content: Wescott, Charles S.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for the casting, dressing, and setting of type; the invention was granted patent number 115796. Type was set in a continuous line, to be divided up later by the operator.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.24908
label: patent number
content: 115796
label: accession number
content: 1978.1070
label: catalog number
content: GA*24908
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, type composing
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: 30.5 cm x 24.2 cm x 30.9 cm; 12 in x 9 1/2 in x 12 3/16 in