Patent Model for a Rotary Perfecting Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-04-27
name: label: maker
content: Hoe, Richard March
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary perfecting printing press which was granted patent number 162651. The press used a web of set-off paper that replaced the usual sheets. The web was used on one side and then the other, repeatedly, allowing the ink time to dry on each side before it was presented again.
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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.89797.162651
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.162651
label: patent number
content: 162651
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; press, printing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.5 cm x 20.2 cm x 29.7 cm; 9 1/4 in x 7 15/16 in x 11 11/16 in