Patent Model of a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1872
label: patent date
content: 1872-07-09
name: label: maker
content: Johnson, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder press which was granted patent number 128731. The eccentric gears gave a variable motion to the cylinder, synchronizing it with the reciprocating bed.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.128731
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: patent number
content: 128731
label: catalog number
content: GA*87979.128731
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29.5 cm x 26.5 cm x 24 cm; 11 5/8 in x 10 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in