Patent model for inking apparatus for printing presses
date: label: date made
content: ca 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-03-13
name: label: maker
content: Macdonald, F.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an inking apparatus for printing presses, which provided an improved means of operating the carriage of inking rollers. Rollers pass over the entire length of a stone distributing ink more accurately and efficiently. The invention was granted patent number 188386.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0198.13
label: accession number
content: 1997.0198
label: patent number
content: 188386
label: catalog number
content: GA.89797.188386
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: printing press
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: printing press
label: Object Name
content: specimen, printing
label: Object Name
content: inking apparatus
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 5 in x 12 in; 15.24 cm x 12.7 cm x 30.48 cm