Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-10-11
name: label: maker
content: Griffith, Frederick W.
label: maker
content: Byrne, George P.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 168635. The patent details an oscillating press in which the type bed was a flattened surface of the ink-distributing cylinder. Fed by hand, printed sheets were delivered automatically to a pile beneath the press.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.168635
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.168635
label: patent number
content: 168365
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 16 cm x 16.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 1/2 in