Patent Model of a Machine for Cutting Books in the Round
date: label: date made
content: ca 1862
label: patent date
content: 1862-06-17
name: label: maker
content: Trinks, Gregor
label: maker
content: Heitkamp, Louis
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine to cut books in the round which was granted patent number 35639. The machine includes rocking knives for cutting the fronts of books in the round, an operation normally performed by hand.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.035639
label: patent number
content: 035639
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.035639
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, cutting books
label: Object Name
content: Machine, Cutting
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Cutting; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 cm x 18.3 cm x 27.7 cm; 6 11/16 in x 7 3/16 in x 10 7/8 in