Patent Model of an Ink-feeding Device for a Paper-ruling Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1878
label: patent date
content: 1878-10-01
name: label: maker
content: Handy, William
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for an ink-feeding device for a paper ruling machine; the invention was granted patent number 208592. The patent describes a device to avoid overcharging pens with ink when the ruling machine was at rest.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.208592
label: patent number
content: 208592
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.208592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: apparatus, ink feeding
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Paper Ruling
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: 14 cm x 31 cm x 28 cm; 5 1/2 in x 12 3/16 in x 11 in