Patent Model of a Hand Printing Press
Object Details
- Newbury, Alonzo
- Newbury, Boliver
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a self-inking bench-top press for cards or sheets; the invention was granted patent number 24655. It was the basis for the Newburys' Mountain Jobber or Machine Jobber. Early models followed the patent closely, but later (about 1871) the press had a sloping ink disk. A. N. Kellogg produced a modification of the press, which he patented in 1863 (Patent 37293).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1859
- patent date
- 1859-07-05
- ID Number
- GA.11021
- catalog number
- GA*11021
- accession number
- 48865
- patent number
- 024655
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- print; press, hand, Newbury
- Physical Description
- wood (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23.1 cm x 11.4 cm x 25.4 cm; 9 3/32 in x 4 1/2 in x 10 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_790050
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d074-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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