Patent model for autographic printing
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-01-27
name: label: maker
content: Bardwell, John Jex
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a method of making printed copies from handwriting on paper. Sulphate of iron was added to ordinary writing ink. The completed writing was pressed onto a plate coated with sensitized gelatine, which received the image in a form that could be printed like a lithograph. The invention was granted patent number 223873. The patent model consists of a coated plate with an image. Both coating and image have deteriorated badly.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.223873
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 223873
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.223873
objectType: label: Object Name
content: process, autographic printing
label: Object Name
content: Stencil, Autographic
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 cm x 16.3 cm x 27 cm; 3/8 in x 6 7/16 in x 10 5/8 in