Patent model for printers' sidesticks and quoins
date: label: date made
content: ca 1872
label: patent date
content: 1872-12-17
name: label: maker
content: McGrath, Thomas
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for sidesticks made with two symmetrical series of inclined surfaces; the invention was granted patent number 133948. Matching quoins were adjusted by turning a double-threaded screw.
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content: Currently not on view
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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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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0062.12
label: patent number
content: 133948
label: accession number
content: 1996.0062
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0062.12
objectType: label: Object Name
content: manufacture, sidesticks and quoins
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: Coin
label: Object Name
content: sidesticks and quoins, printer's
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.7 cm x 31 cm x 3.5 cm; 11/16 in x 12 3/16 in x 1 3/8 in