Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1881
label: patent date
content: 1881-12-13
name: label: maker
content: Smyth, David McConnel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to the method of feeding sheets to a book-sewing mechanism; the invention was granted patent number 250987. David Smyth (1833-1907), was a prolific inventor in many fields of manufacturing before patenting his first book-sewing machine in 1868. Ultimately his machines redefined bookbinding, in the term Smyth-sewn. The model is incomplete.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.250987
label: patent number
content: 250987
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.250987
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; machine, book stitching
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 18.3 cm x 15 cm; 5 7/8 in x 7 3/16 in x 5 7/8 in