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Patent Model of a Pin Making Machine

John Ireland Howe1841-01

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History
Washington, United States

After physician John I. Howe observed pins being made by hand, he designed and patented a machine that automated the process. One of his machines could produce twenty-four thousand pins in an eleven-hour workday.

ID number: MC.308788

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