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Patent Model of a Platen Printing Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a platen printing press which was granted patent number 168635. The patent details an oscillating press in which the type bed was a flattened surface of the ink-distributing cylinder. Fed by hand, printed sheets were delivered automatically to a pile beneath the press.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Platen Printing Press. ca 1875. Griffith, Frederick W.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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