Patent Model of a Chromatic Web Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-03-16
name: label: maker
content: Wright, George M.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chromatic web press for printing a narrow strip of paper, such as a strip of tickets, with several colors successively. The invention was granted patent number 225501. The long type form, suspended above the platen, was inked from a divided fountain. The paper moved intermittently down the length of the form and received each color in turn.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.225501
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 225501
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.225501
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, chromatic printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 25.6 cm; 8 7/8 in x 12 in x 10 1/16 in