Patent Model for Machines for Rounding and Backing Books
date: label: date made
content: ca 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-01-12
name: label: maker
content: Coffin, John E.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for automatically rounding and backing books using two shaped bars--the presser bar and the backing bar; the invention was granted patent number 158679.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.158679
label: patent number
content: 158679
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.158679
objectType: label: Object Name
content: machine, rounding and backing books
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Rounding and Backing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 21 cm x 29 cm; 13 3/8 in x 8 1/4 in x 11 7/16 in