Patent Model of a Book-sewing Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
label: patent date
content: 1876-12-05
name: label: maker
content: Glazier, George W.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book-sewing machine which was granted patent number 184961. The machine was capable of sewing a large number of volumes without stopping the machine. It was an improvement on an earlier machine patented by David M. Smyth.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.184961
label: patent number
content: 184961
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.184961
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Machine, Sewing
label: Object Type
content: machine sewing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Sewing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 19 cm x 15 cm; 6 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 7/8 in