Patent Model of a Type-rubbing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-04-06
name: label: maker
content: Webster, Cyrus C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type-rubbing machine which was granted patent number 225501. The patent details a machine for smoothing and trueing the surfaces of type, and bringing the type to a proper width. The machine was hand fed, but otherwise automatic.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.226377
label: accession number
content: 89797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.226377
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, type rubbing
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content: Frame
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: 17.9 cm x 28.6 cm x 25.2 cm; 7 1/16 in x 11 1/4 in x 9 15/16 in