Patent model for printers' sidesticks and quoins
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-06-15
name: label: maker
content: Gilbert, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for printers' quoins and sidesticks which was granted patent number 164543. Tapered sidesticks were grooved along the inclined side. Quoins, with a metal key to slide in the groove, were made using a pair of wedge-shaped blocks to provide fine adjustment.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.164543
label: patent number
content: 164543
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.164543
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, sidesticks and quoins
label: Object Name
content: Coin, Printer's
label: Object Name
content: quoin, printer's
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.2 cm x 23.4 cm x 10.5 cm; 2 7/16 in x 9 3/16 in x 4 1/8 in