Object Details
- Lorenz, William A.
- Johnson, Louis K.
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to typesetting machines, specifically in the control of type traveling from storage channels to assembly point. The invention was granted patent number 244723. Both Patentees Lorenz and Johnson had a financial interest in the Burr typesetting machine (see Lorenz's earlier patents).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1881
- patent date
- 1881-07-19
- ID Number
- GA.89797.244723
- patent number
- 244723
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.244723
- Object Name
- Machine, Type Composing
- Object Type
- Patent Model
- Other Terms
- Machine, Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Distributing
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 29.5 cm x 18 cm; 8 1/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 7 1/16 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_998741
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8f8a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
