Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
label: patent date
content: 1879-03-04
name: label: maker
content: Gilman, Edward L.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press. The patent details an improvement on Edward Gilman's earlier press, patent number 203335, with better inking and impression mechanisms.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.212922
label: patent number
content: 212922
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.212922
objectType: label: Object Name
content: press, platen 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: 13 cm x 11.7 cm x 19 cm; 5 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in