Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 773
thread, tightens the stitch, takes thread from the spool, and keeps the slack thread away from the needlepoint until the needle enters the fabric. Machines having Reciprocating Shuttles.-{a.) Shuttle moving parallel to needle-arm—The Singer Sewinq Machine, manufactured by the Singer Sewing-Machine…
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