National Museum of American History
Patent Model of a Machine for Cutting Books in the Round
Trinks, Gregor · ca 1862
This patent model demonstrates an invention for a machine to cut books in the round which was granted patent number 35639. The machine includes rocking knives for cutting the fronts of books in the round, an operation normally performed by hand.
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