Patent Model for a Machine for Smoothing the Sides of Type
date: label: date made
content: ca 1838
label: patent date
content: 1838-03-10
name: label: maker
content: Bruce, Jr., David
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine to smooth the sides of type; the invention was granted patent number 631. In the inventor's opinion, this foot-driven machine allowed the operator to rub around sixty thousand types in a day, in conditions of less "unhealthiness" than the usual. The model is missing its treadle.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.000631
label: patent number
content: 000631
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.000631
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, type smoothing
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Dressing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Dressing; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 49.5 cm x 22.7 cm x 34 cm; 19 1/2 in x 8 15/16 in x 13 3/8 in