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Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book-stitching machine which was granted patent number 197575. The patent details a shuttle sewing machine for stitching productions such as pamphlets, catalogs and periodicals, with a continuously lubricated needle. Patentee Carl Theine was from Minden, Germany.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Book-stitching Machine. ca 1877. Theine, Carl. National Museum of American History. CC0.
