Patent Model of a Type Mold
date: label: date made
content: ca 1863
label: patent date
content: 1863-09-22
name: label: maker
content: Davis, R. W.
label: maker
content: Davis, D.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a mold for casting multiple pieces of type from a strip of matrices; the invention was granted patent number 40076.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Communications
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.040076
label: patent number
content: 040076
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.040076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Casting
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: 6 cm x 16 cm x 13.2 cm; 2 3/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 5 3/16 in