Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1882
label: patent date
content: 1882-10-03
name: label: maker
content: Tapley, Jesse F.
label: maker
content: Kilbon, George B.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book stitching machine which was granted patent number 265563. The machine includes improvements in sewing signatures of books. Stitches were of varying length, some of them being looped over binding tapes.
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Communications
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.265463
label: patent number
content: 265463
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.265463
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: 25 cm x 28 cm x 29 cm; 9 13/16 in x 11 in x 11 7/16 in