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The great inventions : their history, from the earliest period to the present. Their influence on civilization, accompanied by sketches of lives of the principal inventors; their labors, their hardships and their triumphs (1883)

Wilkie, Franc B. (Franc Bangs), 1832-1892 · Philadelphia and Chicago, J. A. Ruth & co. · leaf 618

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on, till in 1844 I felt impelled to yield mywhole time to it. During this period I worked on myinvention mentally as much as I could, having only theaid of needles, and such other small devices as I could HOWE S FIEST MACHINE. 613 carry in my pockets, and use at irregular intervals ofdaily labor at… … HOWES FIRST SEWING-MACHINE. friends house, and finished my first machine by themiddle of May, 1845. This was a period of intense and persistent appli-cation of all the powers I possessed to the practical 614 THE SEWING-MACHINE. embodiment of my mechanical ideas into a successful sew-ing-machine. I…

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