National Museum of American History
Patent Model of a Numbering Machine
Robinson, William · ca 1881
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a numbering machine, granted patent number 245220. The patent details a numbering machine in which blank spaces were filled by a character, such as a star or dash, to prevent the alteration of figures after printing.
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