Patent Model for a Flatbed Cylinder Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1856
label: patent date
content: 1856-09-16
name: label: maker
content: Newbury, Alonzo
label: maker
content: Newbury, Boliver
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a press with a stationary bed which was granted patent number 15740. The cylinder followed an endless rack that lifted it for the return trip over the bed. This patent covered the Newbury Country Press, a small hand-powered printing machine that was popular with country newspaper shops in the 1860s.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.015740
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 015740
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.015740
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Sewing
label: Object Type
content: machine sewing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Sewing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.3 cm x 18.7 cm x 26.5 cm; 6 in x 7 3/8 in x 10 7/16 in