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Patent Model for a Chromolithographic Press
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a chromolithographic press which was granted patent number 89997. The patent details a flatbed scraper machine with automatic inking, damping, feeding, and delivery. It printed at the rate of 300 impressions per hour, with the precise registration necessary for multicolor printing.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model for a Chromolithographic Press. ca 1869. Hoen, August. National Museum of American History. CC0.
