Patent Model for the Construction of Printing Blocks for Oil Cloths and Carpets
date: label: date made
content: ca 1854
label: patent date
content: 1854-01-31
name: label: maker
content: Underwood, Benjamin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for composite printing blocks made up of long pieces of type and short blanks; the invention was granted patent number 10483.
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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: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.010483
label: patent number
content: 010483
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.010483
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Manufacture, printing blocks
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Blocks, Batch of
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Blocks, Batch of; Printing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4.5 cm x 14.7 cm x 14.7 cm; 1 3/4 in x 5 13/16 in x 5 13/16 in