Patent Model--Improvement in Machines for Forging Horsehoe-Nails
Maker and role
Francis Richards, Patentee
Production date
Aug 19 1873
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Media/Materials
Steel
Measurements
8 x 6 1/4 x 6" (20.3 x 15.9 x 15.2cm)
Description
The object of this invention is to "produce a forging-machine that in operation and effect will correspond as nearly as possible to that of hand-forging, and in which articles can be forged of a perfect, even, and uniform quality and texture." (Patent Number 142,044)
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Object number
2015.14.1614a,b
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