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Invention of Folding Machine

United States · Science / Technology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1898Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1898

John Ames Sherman8 February 1898

Science / Technology

John Ames Sherman patents the 1st envelope folding & gumming machine

Names involved

John Ames Sherman

Provenance

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