Patent Model of a Copper Plate Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
label: patent date
content: 1881-08-23
name: label: maker
content: Neale, Robert
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a copper plate press which was granted patent number 245970. The patent describes a flatbed cylinder power press intended for printing bank notes and other high-quality work, with improved wiping apparatus that did not use the customary whiting powder as a polisher. The specification includes a brief discussion of the recent development of plate printing machines, beginning with Neale's first British patent of 1853.
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content: Communications
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.245970
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 245970
label: catalog number
content: A*89797.245970
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (parts material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.2 cm x 48.5 cm x 21.3 cm; 10 11/16 in x 19 1/8 in x 8 3/8 in