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Description (Brief):

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine which produced type by compression and cutting from rods of any metal; the invention was granted patent number 5049. The face was formed using a steel letter matrix or, for reversed type (type en creux), a steel punch. The model is a full-sized working machine. (Jean Petyt was from Paris, France.)

Date Made: ca 1847Patent Date: 1847-04-03

Maker: Petyt, Jean Constant

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.89797.005049Accession Number: 089797Patent Number: 005049Catalog Number: GA*89797.005049

Object Name: patent modelObject Type: Patent Model

Physical Description: metal (overall material)wood (overall material)Measurements: overall: 46 cm x 66.5 cm x 37 cm; 18 1/8 in x 26 3/16 in x 14 9/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-78e4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_998818

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Patent model machine for making cold wrought type