Patent Model for Type Molds
date: label: date made
content: ca 1877
label: patent date
content: 1877-02-27
name: label: maker
content: Mason, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type mold; the invention was granted patent model 187880. The patent details type molds in which the jet of the newly cast type was broken off automatically as the mold was opened, saving a separate operation in the typecasting process. Mason was from Islington in Middlesex, England. His invention was patented in England in 1877.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.187880
label: patent number
content: 187880
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.187880
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, type molds
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Type, Mold; Type Founding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 11.2 cm; 1 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 4 7/16 in