Object Details
- Gordon, George Phineas
- Degener, Frederick O.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a self-inking hand-cranked cylinder press which was intended to replace the common iron lever press. The patent was granted patent number 25008.
- George Gordon (1810-1878) started out as an actor but soon took up the printing trade in New York City. From 1851 he was responsible for a succession of jobbing presses--the Yankee, the Turnover, the Firefly, this cylinder press, and, finally, the Franklin jobber with which he established his name as well as his fortune. Degener was a Gordon employee in the 1850s, setting up in his own business in 1860. See also Degener's separate Patent 110018.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1859
- patent date
- 1859-08-09
- ID Number
- GA.11022
- catalog number
- GA*11022
- accession number
- 48865
- patent number
- 025008
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; press, hand, Gordon & Degener
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 25.654 cm x 19.685 cm x 22.86 cm; 10 1/8 in x 7 3/4 in x 9 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_790067
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-f6d5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
