Patent Model of a Typecasting Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1854
label: patent date
content: 1854-01-03
name: label: maker
content: Mueller, Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to the mechanism of typecasting machines; it was granted patent number 10377. The improvements to the typecaster include placing the mold below its "axis of oscillation" instead of the usual higher position.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.010377
label: patent number
content: 010377
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.010377
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, typecasting
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Casting
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Casting; Pivotal
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 32.5 cm x 12 cm x 31 cm; 12 13/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 12 3/16 in