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Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine
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This patent model demonstrates an invention for improvements to the method of feeding sheets to a book-sewing mechanism; the invention was granted patent number 250987. David Smyth (1833-1907), was a prolific inventor in many fields of manufacturing before patenting his first book-sewing machine in 1868. Ultimately his machines redefined bookbinding, in the term Smyth-sewn. The model is incomplete.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit linePatent Model of a Book-stitching Machine. ca 1881. Smyth, David McConnel. National Museum of American History. CC0.
