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 783
Tlic Quilting or Bosom Gauge, Fig. 3S7ii, is attachedto the presser-foot. The work is passed beneath it. Thefinger of the gauge is set to serve as a guide for the edgeof a fold when stitching shirt-bosoms, or for a preceding line of stitching when it is used for quilting. The Hemmer, shown separate…
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