Patent Model of a Machine for Shaping the Backs of Books
date: label: date made
content: ca 1859
label: patent date
content: 1859-06-14
name: label: maker
content: Coffin, John E.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for rounding the backs of books by means of rollers, either before or after binding; the invention was granted patent number 24425.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.024425
label: patent number
content: 024425
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.024425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Shaping
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: machine, shaping book backs
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Shaping; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18 cm x 17 cm x 12 cm; 7 1/16 in x 6 11/16 in x 4 3/4 in