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Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen press in which the platen had, in addition to the usual rocking motion, a straight-line approach that took it perfectly parallel to the type bed for the impression. The invention was granted patent number 32130.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Platen Printing Press. ca 1861. Gordon, George Phineas. National Museum of American History. CC0.
