Patent Model for a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: patent date
content: 1857-03-17
name: label: maker
content: Davis, John C.
label: maker
content: Miller, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder press which was granted patent number 16826. The bed on this flatbed cylinder press ran on sloping ways, or tracks. For the impression pass, the bed was powered up the slope and under the cylinder. It was returned by gravity.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.016826
label: patent number
content: 016826
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.016826
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: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.8 cm x 21.5 cm x 33.5 cm; 10 9/16 in x 8 7/16 in x 13 3/16 in