Patent model for autographic printing
National Museum of American History

Patent model for autographic printing

Pumphrey, Josiah · ca 1878

metal (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

This patent model demonstrates an invention for the conversion of a sheet of paper into a printing plate by writing using a special ink. The invention was granted patent number 200759. Josiah Pumphrey was from Birmingham, England.

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