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Patent Model of a Machine for Shaping the Backs of Books
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine for rounding the backs of books by means of rollers, either before or after binding; the invention was granted patent number 24425.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Machine for Shaping the Backs of Books. ca 1859. Coffin, John E.. National Museum of American History. CC0.