Patent Model of an Electrotype Shell and Base
date: label: date made
content: ca 1885
label: patent date
content: 1885-03-10
name: label: maker
content: Cummings, George W.
label: maker
content: Cummings, John R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an electrotype shell and base which was granted patent model 313812. The patent describes a method of fastening thin electrotype shells to cast metal bases by bending the edges of the shell into grooves on the base. The invention was said to be particularly appropriate for newspapers, which might otherwise depend on heavy stereotype plates shipped over long distances. The patent was assigned to the American Press Association.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.313812
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 313812
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.313812
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model: manufacture, electrotype shell and base
label: Object Name
content: Shells, Electrotype Base, Batch of
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.3 cm x 27 cm x 5.7 cm; 7/8 in x 10 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in