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Patent Model of a Typesetting and Distributing Machine
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Patent Model of a Typesetting and Distributing Machine

Felt, Charles W. · ca 1860 · metal (overall material)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting and distributing machine which was granted patent number 28463. Typing at the keyboard perforated a paper tape to produce a complete "registry" of the keystrokes, including all spacing and leading. This record could be used to set several identical pages of type or, fed in reverse, to redistribute the type to its cases. The keyboard is missing from the model.

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Credit linePatent Model of a Typesetting and Distributing Machine. ca 1860. Felt, Charles W.. National Museum of American History. CC0.

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