Gilroy, Clinton G · New York, G. D. Baldwin · leaf 331
and lastly, by means of two pedals or treadles, on whichhe bears alternately, with one foot and then the other, he opens the130 pincers of the first carriage, which must give up the needlesafter having pricked them into the stuff, and he shuts at the same * We think these complimenls have been… … EMBROIDERY. 309 time the 130 pincers of the second carriage, which must receivethem and draw them back afterwards. The children have nothingeise to do, but to change the needles when the threads are used up,and to watch that no needle misses its pincers. We shall endeavour to make all the details…
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