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Patent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Printing Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a perfecting machine with two printing plates, two platens, and a rotary carrier to convey the paper between them; the invention was granted patent number 14558.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Bed-and-Platen Printing Press. ca 1856. Folsom, George F.. National Museum of American History. CC0.