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Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press
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Patent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press

Boynton, Edward S. · ca 1871 · 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 lithographic printing press which was granted patent number 116406. A self-inking rotary press carrying the stone or plate on a segment of a large cylinder. The bed of the stone and the shaft of the cylinder were adjustable, to meet the surface of the smaller impression cylinder. The rights to this patent were assigned jointly to Boynton and Charles Parker of Meriden, Connecticut.

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Credit linePatent Model of a Lithographic Printing Press. ca 1871. Boynton, Edward S.. National Museum of American History. CC0.

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