Patent Model of a Pen-ruling Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-03-10
name: label: maker
content: Piper, Edwin J.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a pen-ruling machine which was granted patent number 148381. The patent details an apparatus for arranging all the cams operating the pen bar and stop gate on a hub to the side of the pen cylinder, for quick access and adjustment.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.148381
label: patent number
content: 148381
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.148381
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; machine, pen ruling
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
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content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 15.3 cm x 26 cm; 8 11/16 in x 6 in x 10 1/4 in