Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
Patent Model of a Typesetting Machine
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent number 13710. Type was stored in nearly vertical cells around a circulating wheel. A piece of type selected at the keyboard was pushed in from its cell, caught up by the wheel, and carried to a galley in front of the operator where the spacing was fine-tuned. The patent also covered arrangements for housing the kerned letter "j," and for correcting matter in the galley. The patent model is incomplete.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model
- machine, typesetting
- Machine, Type Composing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Composing
- date made
- ca 1855
- patent date
- 1855-10-23
- maker
- Loughborough, William S.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 14 cm x 30 cm x 23.5 cm; 5 1/2 in x 11 13/16 in x 9 1/4 in
- ID Number
- GA.89797.013710
- patent number
- 013710
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.013710
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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