Hand printing press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1859
label: patent date
content: 1859-05-10
name: label: maker
content: Ruggles, Stephen P.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a lever press using a combination of course and fine screws, the first to lower the platen fast, and the second to produce greater power at the end of the pull. It also included inclined ways or tracks, so the bed was raised as it was drawn under the platen. The invention was granted patent number 23951.
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content: Work and Industry: 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.11020
label: catalog number
content: GA*11020
label: patent number
content: 023951
label: accession number
content: 48865
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: patent model; press, printing; press, Ruggles
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 cm x 24 cm x 28 cm; 9 7/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 11 in