Patent model of a Book-stitching Machine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
label: patent date
content: 1880-09-21
name: label: maker
content: Boynton, Edward S.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This patent model demonstrates an invention for a signature holding and presenting device which was granted patent number 232446. The invention was to be used with David McConnel Smyth's book-stitching invention (Patent 220312, 1879). The model is incomplete, only the folding metal signature holder and wooden carriage rack survive.
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.89797.232446
label: patent number
content: 232446
label: accession number
content: 089797
label: catalog number
content: GA*89797.232446
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: wood (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 12.5 cm x 31 cm; in x 4 15/16 in x 12 3/16 in