Patent Model of a Typesetting and Distributing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1868
label: patent date
content: 1868-12-22
name: label: maker
content: Slingerland, John T.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting and distributing machine; the invention was granted patent number 85251. The patent details improvements to earlier patents taken out by Timothy Alden (1857), and Henry Alden and William Mackey (1866). This patent related to the distribution of type. It allowed for the use of any ordinary type in the distributer, instead of the special type required previously. The patent was assigned to the Alden Typesetting and Distributing Company.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.085251
label: patent number
content: 085251
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.085251
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, typesetting and distributing
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Type Composing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Setting and Distributing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 37 cm x 41 cm; 5 7/8 in x 14 9/16 in x 16 1/8 in