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Patent Model for a Hand Lever Printing Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a hand-lever printing press which was granted patent number 10717. The press is a self-inking hand press with a fixed bed. The paper was carried into position by a double frisket carriage with inking rollers. The carriage was propelled by a crank handle turned continuously in one direction.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model for a Hand Lever Printing Press. ca 1854. Underhill, Henry. National Museum of American History. CC0.
