Patent Model of a Book-Sewing Machine
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book-sewing machine which was granted patent number 100407. The patent shows a system of supports for the long slender paper-sewing needles, which were apt to break in use.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- patent model; machine, book stitching
- date made
- ca 1870
- patent date
- 1870-03-01
- maker
- Howe, Frederick Webster
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 cm x 26.3 cm x 17 cm; 4 5/16 in x 10 3/8 in x 6 11/16 in
- ID Number
- GA*89797.100407
- patent number
- 100407
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.100407
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Communications
- Patent Models
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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