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 782
needles is retracted. Theeffect of this is to draw the cords through all the loops, thus firmly locking the stitches. It will beclear that not only are the pairs of adjacent stitches made by each pair of curvedneedles entirely independent of all other stitches made by other sets of needles, butthat… … 3870.
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