Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
label: patent date
content: 1882-03-28
name: label: maker
content: Trueman, Henry P.
label: maker
content: New, John George
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 255704. The patent describes improvements to the inking and frisket arrangements on a platen press on which the bed is a flattened surface at the front of an ink distributing cylinder. Patentees Henry Trueman and John New were from Birmingham, England.
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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.89797.255704
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.255704
label: patent number
content: 255704
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: 21 cm x 23.3 cm x 19.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 9 3/16 in x 7 11/16 in