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Patent Model of a Typecasting Machine
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About this work
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typecasting machine which was granted patent number 187278. The patent describes a machine for the rapid production of replica type, from originals made for the purpose in a hard metal such as steel. The type could have raised or sunken letters, and a straight, concave, or convex surface for printing on flatbed or rotary presses.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePatent Model of a Typecasting Machine. ca 1877. Howard, Anson M.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
