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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 255704. The patent describes improvements to the inking and frisket arrangements on a platen press on which the bed is a flattened surface at the front of an ink distributing cylinder. Patentees Henry Trueman and John New were from Birmingham, England.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Platen Printing Press. ca 1882. Trueman, Henry P.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
