Object Details
- Lewis, John
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a flat-bed printing press which was granted patent number 9923. This press is a toggle lever press in which the platen was forced down by bails. The model is incomplete.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1853
- patent date
- 1853-08-09
- ID Number
- GA.89797.009923
- patent number
- 009923
- accession number
- 89797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.009923
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- patent model; press, printing; press, flat-bed platen, Lewis
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 17.8 cm x 13 cm x 17.8 cm; 7 in x 5 1/8 in x 7 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_790058
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-c890-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
