Patent Model of a Machine for Rounding and Backing Books
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
label: patent date
content: 1876-11-07
name: label: maker
content: Crawley, Edwin
label: maker
content: Thomas, Frank
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for rounding and backing books which was granted patent number 184198. The patent detailed improved methods of guiding the book and controlling the rounding rollers. Two books could be processed at once--one being rounded while the other was backed. Edwin Crawley, a Cincinnati bookbinder, continued to work on the problems of rounding and backing, and in 1891 introduced a machine that set industry standards for many years.
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content: Patent Models
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.184198
label: patent number
content: 184198
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.184198
objectType: label: Object Name
content: patent model; machine, book rounding and backing
label: Object Type
content: Patent Model
label: Other Terms
content: Machine, Rounding and Backing; Bookbinding
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.3 cm x 20.2 cm x 32 cm; 11 1/8 in x 7 15/16 in x 12 5/8 in