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Patent model of a Book-stitching Machine
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Patent model of a Book-stitching Machine

Boynton, Edward S. · ca 1880 · wood (overall material)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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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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PatentsMachine, SewingModelsBookbindingmachine sewingWork and Industry: Graphic Arts
Credit linePatent model of a Book-stitching Machine. ca 1880. Boynton, Edward S.. National Museum of American History. CC0.
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