Patent Model - Improvement in the Manufacture of Scissors
Maker and role
James Adair, Patentee
Production date
Aug 01 1876
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Steel
Measurements
8 1/2 x 2 3/4" (21.6 x 7cm)
Description
Adair wrote in his application that "The object of my invention is to economize material, labor, and time in the manufacture of scissors; and it consists in producing from sheet-steel of thinner gage than the apparent thickness of the finished article a blank..." (Patent Number 180,408)
Object number
2014.4.8
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