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Patent Model for a Machine for Smoothing the Sides of Type
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About this work
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine to smooth the sides of type; the invention was granted patent number 631. In the inventor's opinion, this foot-driven machine allowed the operator to rub around sixty thousand types in a day, in conditions of less "unhealthiness" than the usual. The model is missing its treadle.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePatent Model for a Machine for Smoothing the Sides of Type. ca 1838. Bruce, Jr., David. National Museum of American History. CC0.
