Object Details
- Neale, Robert
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a copper plate press which was granted patent number 245970. The patent describes a flatbed cylinder power press intended for printing bank notes and other high-quality work, with improved wiping apparatus that did not use the customary whiting powder as a polisher. The specification includes a brief discussion of the recent development of plate printing machines, beginning with Neale's first British patent of 1853.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1881
- patent date
- 1881-08-23
- ID Number
- GA.89797.245970
- accession number
- 089797
- patent number
- 245970
- catalog number
- A*89797.245970
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- leather (parts material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27.2 cm x 48.5 cm x 21.3 cm; 10 11/16 in x 19 1/8 in x 8 3/8 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_998868
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8226-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
