Patent Model for a Card Printing Press
National Museum of American History

Patent Model for a Card Printing Press

Clarkson, William W. · ca 1858

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a crank-operated, self-feeding card press which was granted patent number 20039. A press based on this patent was produced for sale, and was demonstrated in the offices of the Scientific American in I860.

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