Patent Model for a Writing Apparatus for the Blind
date: label: date made
content: ca 1872
label: patent date
content: 1872-03-26
name: label: maker
content: Cole, James R.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a writing apparatus for the blind including a board with a movable guide for pencil writing (ordinary manuscript, as distinct from braille and other forms of writing with a point). The model, as it survives, consists of the guide only, without the board. The invention was granted patent number 125024.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.125024
label: patent number
content: 125024
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.125024
objectType: label: Object Name
content: apparatus, writing for the blind
label: Object Name
content: Apparatus, Blind Writing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.5 cm x 7 cm x 23 cm; 2 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 9 1/16 in