National Museum of American History
Patent Model of a Type Mold
Mitchell, Thomas · ca 1891
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a type mold which was granted patent number 450083. The patent details a mold for casting type with letters on both ends, or "duplex-lettered type." Such type was used in printing for the blind, though no particular application is specified for this patent.
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