Kinne, Helen · New York: The Macmillan company · leaf 94
; and since then many differentkinds have been invented, to be run by foot and also bymechanical power, — electricity. We have two kinds offoot-power machines. One kind (Fig. 52) has only one MAKING SIMPLE GARMENTS 81 thread, which is placed on a spool on top ; and the other(Fig. 53), the… … Courtesy of Wilcox and Gibbs Sewing Machine Co.Fig. 52. — Single thread machine. in the shuttle under the plate. The two threads locktogether as the machine works. You will learn howlater. The machine with only one thread on top iscalled a chain-stitch machine. The stitching made by-it rips very…
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