Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
- Description (Brief)
- This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book-stitching machine which passed a needle lengthwise through the folded leaves of books; the invention was granted patent number 184989. Patentee James Crawford Smyth was one of David McConnel Smyth's family. The two worked together on a number of inventions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1876
- patent date
- 1876-12-05
- maker
- Smyth, James C.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- leather (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24 cm x 22.5 cm x 30.5 cm; 9 7/16 in x 8 7/8 in x 12 in
- ID Number
- GA*89797.184989
- patent number
- 184989
- accession number
- 089797
- catalog number
- GA*89797.184989
- subject
- Work
- Industry & Manufacturing
- Communications
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Patent Models
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- Culture and the Arts: Graphic Arts
- Patent Models
- Patent Models, Graphic Arts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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