Patent Model for a Card Gauge for Platen Printing Press
Object Details
- inventor
- Golding, William H.
- Golding, William H.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a card guage for a platen printing press; the invention was granted patent number 145101. This invention provided a card feeder for Golding's Pearl press, which was covered by a patent of 1871 taken out by William L. Balch and assigned to Golding and his partner Edward Dennison (Patent 118182). William Golding (1845–1916) was apprenticed to a printer at the age of 15, and set up The Printer Manufactory Company at 23 with his partner, Edward Dennison. The company at first supplied stamps and seals and other stationery goods, but soon moved into the manufacture of small presses for amateurs, such as the Pearl, and then full-sized jobbing presses. Two years after Golding's death, the company was sold to the American Type Founders Company, which continued the manufacture of his presses for some years.
- ca 1873
- patent date
- 1873-11-02
- ID Number
- 1996.0062.08
- catalog number
- 1996.0062.08
- patent number
- 145101
- accession number
- 1996.0062
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20.8 cm x 28.5 cm x 17.7 cm; 8 3/16 in x 11 7/32 in x 6 31/32 in
- associated place
- United States
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Work
- Communications
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Patent Models
- Exhibition
- Printing at Home
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1177558
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-cb9c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Related Content
This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Open Access page.
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.