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Patent model for printers' shooting sticks
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Patent model for printers' shooting sticks

Blackwell, Benjamin B. · ca 1870 · 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 shooting stick, used for driving in quoins, or wedges, to tighten a form in its chase; the invention was granted patent number 107154. These sticks had different-sized notches to fit different quoins, and two wings to help open spaces for the quoins among the furniture.

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Patentsstick, shootingModelsWork and Industry: Graphic Arts
Credit linePatent model for printers' shooting sticks. ca 1870. Blackwell, Benjamin B.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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