Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-08-10
name: label: maker
content: Pattyson, William D. C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent number 166549. The machine was named the Electro-Magnetic Type-Setting Machine. Type was stored in vertical channels (right-hand box) and dropped into a funnel at a touch on the keyboard (lefthand box). The falling type hit a see-saw lever, making an electrical connection and exciting electromagnets. The magnets moved sliding blocks, pushing the type into place into a galley. When a line of type was complete, the operator reset the adjustable back of the galley to make room for the next line.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.166549
label: patent number
content: 166549
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.166549
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Composing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Composing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 20 cm x 9.8 cm; 5 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 3 7/8 in