overall: 17 cm x 32 cm x 30 cm; 6 11/16 in x 12 5/8 in x 11 13/16 in
Object Name:
machine, typesetting
Type Composing
Object Type:
Patent Model
Other Terms:
Type Composing; Machine, Sorts, Composing
Date made:
ca 1866
Patent date:
1866-08-07
Description (Brief):
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a typesetting machine which was granted patent number 57034. Type was held in cases arranged radially around a rotating "receiver." As each letter was selected at a keyboard it was released to the receiver, lined up, and passed to a galley.
