Patent Model of a Paper-Ruling Machine
National Museum of American History

Patent Model of a Paper-Ruling Machine

Town, Edward · ca 1864

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a paper-ruling machine which was granted patent number 42418. The invention produced both feint lines (ruled) and down (striker) lines (blank spaces where the pens were lifted from the paper).

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