Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press

Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press

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Description (Brief)
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a cylinder press, in which a carriage bearing the flat stone moved through an arc of a circle and under the rotating cylinder; the invention was granted patent number 46390.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
patent model; press, printing
Object Type
Patent Model
date made
ca 1865
patent date
1865-02-14
maker
Reynolds, Edwin
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 29 cm x 23.5 cm x 20.3 cm; 11 7/16 in x 9 1/4 in x 8 in
ID Number
GA.89797.046390
patent number
046390
accession number
089797
catalog number
GA*89797.046390
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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