Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: patent date
content: 1857-06-02
name: label: maker
content: Potter, Jr., Charles
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 17449. The patent details improvements to the feed and delivery systems of a press patented by Merwin Davis in 1855. Charles Potter was at this time in business building Merwin Davis's Oscillating Press and a jobber for George Babcock. After 1864 he turned to his own large cylinder presses, for which he is better known.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.017449
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 017449
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.017449
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
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: 23.3 cm x 17.4 cm x 26.3 cm; 9 3/16 in x 6 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in