Patent Model of a Railway Ticket Printing and Registering Machine

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Description (Brief):

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a railway ticket printing and registering machine; the invention was granted patent number 141336. A roll of card blanks was pre-numbered and printed with the station name. This machine added the destination and date and cut off each ticket, while printing a record copy of the sale. It was an improvement on an earlier Dyer patent (1872, Patent 134042).

Date Made: ca 1873Patent Date: 1873-07-29

Maker: Dyer, John

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: GA.89797.141336Accession Number: 089797Patent Number: 141336141336Catalog Number: GA*89797.141336

Object Name: apparatus, machineObject Type: Patent Model

Physical Description: metal (overall material)Measurements: overall: 21 cm x 11.8 cm x 9.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 4 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b6e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_998918

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