Patent Model for a Flatbed Cylinder Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1857
label: patent date
content: 1857-12-01
name: label: patentee
content: Henry, John
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flatbed cylinder printing press which was granted patent number 18744. The small hand-cranked cylinder press included a movable feed table. Paper was fed not to the cylinder but to a flat frisket. After printing, the frisket flipped up to drop the sheet on the delivery board. Inking was by hand.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.018744
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: patent number
content: 018744
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.018744
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: press, printing
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: 23 cm x 36.3 cm x 26.3 cm; 9 1/16 in x 14 5/16 in x 10 3/8 in