Patent Model of a Type Mold
date: label: date made
content: ca 1891
label: patent date
content: 1891-04-07
name: label: maker
content: Mitchell, Thomas
label: maker
content: Milne, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type mold which was granted patent number 450083. The patent details a mold for casting type with letters on both ends, or "duplex-lettered type." Such type was used in printing for the blind, though no particular application is specified for this patent.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models, Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.450083
label: patent number
content: 450083
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.450083
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, type mold
label: Object Name
content: Type, Mold
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Type, Mold; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 13 cm x 14.8 cm; 1 15/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 13/16 in