Patent Model of a Bookbinders' Finishing Roll
date: label: date made
content: ca 1874
label: patent date
content: 1874-11-10
name: label: maker
content: Skelton, Daniel J.
label: maker
content: Feely, Michael
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a bookbinding roll which was granted patent number 156678. The patent details a bookbinding roll, on which the design was cast on a strip "secured to the roller after the fashion of a tire to a wheel." The strip was usually of bronze, and was bent to fit around the wheel. A projection on the back of the strip fit into a groove in the wheel.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.156678
label: patent number
content: 156678
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.156678
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Manufacture, bookbinders finishing rolls
label: Object Name
content: patent model
label: Object Name
content: manufacture, bookbinders finishing rolls
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 10.5 cm; 9 1/4 in x in x 4 1/8 in