Patent Model for a Postmarking and Cancelling Machine
Patent Model for a Postmarking and Cancelling Machine
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for an apparatus for postmarking and postmark-cancelling; it was granted patent number 219587. The patent details the feeding mechanism for a postmarking machine.
- Object Name
- patent model
- machine, postmarking and cancelling
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- date made
- ca 1879
- patent date
- 1879-09-16
- maker
- Leavitt, Thomas
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (part material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in x 8 in x 8 in; 30.48 cm x 20.32 cm x 20.32 cm
- ID Number
- GA.89797.219587
- accession number
- 89797
- catalog number
- GA.23815
- accession number
- 306487
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Communications
- Patent Models
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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