Patent Model of a Lithographic Rotary Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1871
label: patent date
content: 1871-06-27
name: label: maker
content: Maurice, Charles C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a lithographic rotary printing press which was granted patent number 116335. The patent details a small press with a stone cylinder that was removable for wetting and inking. The stone was taken out and rolled across the ink and wetting slabs, then replaced for printing. The pressure roller below was hung on adjustable bearings. From 1868 Maurice took out several patents for rotary and flatbed lithographic printing. He advertised this and his other presses as "Autographic Cylinders for Offices.”
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.116335
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 116335
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.116335
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, lithographic rotary printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.7 cm x 7.8 cm x 12.5 cm; 4 5/8 in x 3 1/16 in x 4 15/16 in