Patent model for fastening wood blocks for engravers
National Museum of American History

Patent model for fastening wood blocks for engravers

Wells, Heber · 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 improvements to the common method of fastening composite wood blocks together with bolts; the invention was granted patent number 43057. Wells was the proprietor of a wood type manufactory.

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