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Patent Model for Web Perfecting Rotary Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a web perfecting rotary press which was granted patent number 468. Flat forms of type were arranged around the surface of two type cylinders to form polygons. The web of paper was printed on both sides at this press, then sent to a drying machine still in the web, and finally cut into sheets. The inventor is named "Trench" on the patent drawings and "French" on the specification.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model for Web Perfecting Rotary Press. ca 1837. French, Thomas. National Museum of American History. CC0.
