Object Details
- Wright, George M.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chromatic web press for printing a narrow strip of paper, such as a strip of tickets, with several colors successively. The invention was granted patent number 225501. The long type form, suspended above the platen, was inked from a divided fountain. The paper moved intermittently down the length of the form and received each color in turn.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1880
- patent date
- 1880-03-16
- ID Number
- GA.89797.225501
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 225501
- catalog number
- GA*89797.225501
- Object Name
- press, chromatic printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 25.6 cm; 8 7/8 in x 12 in x 10 1/16 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_998852
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8b72-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
