Patent model for elastic underlay for printing on glass
National Museum of American History

Patent model for elastic underlay for printing on glass

Wells, Joseph L. · ca 1875

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

This patent model demonstrates an invention for an elastic underlay between glass and a printing block used for printing on glass. The invention was granted patent number 170136. Model consists of numerous rubber blocks, once fixed to a base but now detached and hardened.

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