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Patent Model of a Rotary Lithographic or Type Press
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a rotary lithographic press which was granted patent number 200927. The revolving type cylinder had two flat sides where type forms or lithographic stones were mounted. The two curved surfaces of the cylinder were used as ink distributing surfaces. Patentee George Newsum was from Leeds, England, where he patented this press in 1872.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Rotary Lithographic or Type Press. ca 1878. Newsum, George. National Museum of American History. CC0.
