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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
The Invention Of the Sewing Machine
Publications of the United States National Museum
Contents
Preface
Chapter One
Early Efforts
To 1800
1800-1820
1820-1845
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter Two
Elements of a Successful Machine
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter Three
The “Sewing-Machine Combination”
FOOTNOTES:
Chapter Four
Less Expensive Machines
FOOTNOTES:
Appendixes
I. Notes on the Development and Commercial Use of the Sewing Machine
INTRODUCTION
READY-MADE CLOTHING
SHOE MANUFACTURE
OTHER USES
SEWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENTS
THREAD FOR THE MACHINE
MANUFACTURE AND EXPORT, TO 1900
FOOTNOTES:
II. American Sewing-Machine Companies of the 19th Century
III. Chronological List of U.S. Sewing-Machine Patent Models in the Smithsonian Collections
IV. 19th-Century Sewing-Machine Leaflets in the Smithsonian Collections
V. A Brief History of Cotton Thread
FOOTNOTES:
VI. Biographical Sketches
BARTHELEMY THIMONNIER
WALTER HUNT
ELIAS HOWE, JR.
ALLEN BENJAMIN WILSON
ISAAC MERRITT SINGER
FOOTNOTES:
Bibliography
Indexes
Geographical Index to Companies listed in Appendix II
Alphabetical Index to Patentees listed in Appendix III
General Index to Chapters 1-4
Transcriber’s Notes:
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