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Patent Model of a Book-stitching Machine

James C. Smyth
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a book-stitching machine which passed a needle lengthwise through the folded leaves of books; the invention was granted patent number 184989. Patentee James Crawford Smyth was one of David McConnel Smyth's family. The two worked together on a number of inventions.
c. 1876
GA.89797.184989
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