Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 404
(From the painting: by Joseph Eliot, owned by the late Mrs. Jane R. Cald.well, New York, daughter of Klias Howe.] ELIAS HOWE 339 … Saints Sewing Machine, 1790 It possessed (i) a horizontal cloth-plate; (2) an overhangingarm, on the end of which was (3) a vertically reciprocating straightneedle, and on the top of which was (4) a thread spool, giving outits thread continuously; (5) an intermittent automatic feed betweenstitches;…
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