Object Details
- Gosorn, George T.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a combination of quoins and sidesticks which was granted patent number 218518. The quoins swiveled on the ends of wide screws that turned into the sides of the metal sidesticks. A guage in the center of each sidestick told the compositor how far the quoin could be extended.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1879
- patent date
- 1879-08-12
- ID Number
- 1996.0062.09
- patent number
- 218518
- accession number
- 1996.0062
- catalog number
- 1996.0062.09
- patent number
- 218518
- Object Name
- manufacture, sidesticks and quoins
- patent model
- Coin, Printer's
- quoin, printer's
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1.5 cm x 26.2 cm x 3.5 cm; 9/16 in x 10 5/16 in x 1 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_997681
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b487-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
