Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
Object Details
- Trueman, Henry P.
- New, John George
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 255704. The patent describes improvements to the inking and frisket arrangements on a platen press on which the bed is a flattened surface at the front of an ink distributing cylinder. Patentees Henry Trueman and John New were from Birmingham, England.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1882
- patent date
- 1882-03-28
- ID Number
- GA.89797.255704
- catalog number
- GA*89797.255704
- patent number
- 255704
- Object Name
- patent model; press, printing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 23.3 cm x 19.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 9 3/16 in x 7 11/16 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_1096361
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-72b6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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