Patent Model of a Type-Composing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1854
label: patent date
content: 1854-05-16
name: label: maker
content: Mitchel, William H.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-setting machine which was granted patent number 10929. The patent details improvements on Mitchel's earlier patent of 1853 for composing and distributing apparatus. Specifically, the patent covered a method of conveying type to the composer, and a wheel for setting the type in line. The model shows only the composing wheel.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.010929
label: patent number
content: 010929
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.010929
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, typesetting
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: 18.5 cm x 25 cm x 29 cm; 7 5/16 in x 9 13/16 in x 11 7/16 in