Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-03-06
name: label: maker
content: Kritch, William C.
label: maker
content: Greenwood, Arthur
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press; the invention was granted patent number 188151. The patent describes improvements to the ink fountain and the movement of the platen in a platen jobbing press. Patentees Kritch and Greenwood were from Leeds, England.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.188151
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 188151
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.188151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.8 cm x 21.8 cm x 24.5 cm; 10 15/16 in x 8 9/16 in x 9 5/8 in