Patent Model of Pulsating Stencil Pencils
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-06-03
name: label: maker
content: Gunning, Josiah H.
label: maker
content: Weiland, Harry B.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a piston-driven stencil-cutting pen which was granted patent number 216086. The piston was driven by a bellows powered in turn by a machine wheel. Josiah Gunning (1840-1910) graduated from medical school and spent the Civil War as a surgeon in the U.S. Navy. After his wife's death in 1869, he entered seminary and was ordained. His invention of a pulsating pen was considered remarkable enough to win him a bronze medal from the American Institute.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.216086
label: patent number
content: 216086
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.216086
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, pulsating stencil pens
label: Object Name
content: Stencil Pen
label: Object Name
content: stencils, manufacture, pulsating stencil pens
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.3 cm x 21.2 cm x 12.5 cm; 6 in x 8 3/8 in x 4 15/16 in