Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine

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“a, is the frame; b, shaft-crank which rocks the hook-shaft; e, receiving its motion from the double crank on the upper shaft e in the arm g through the shaft-connection c; d, band-wheel turned by a band (not shown) from a wheel on treadle-shaft below the table; f, feed-cam; h, feed-bar; i, bobbin-case; j, rotating hook which is attached to e and oscillates with it; k, bobbin-holder; l, presser; m, presser-spring; n, needle-bar link; o, needle-bar; p, take-up lever; q, take-up cam; r, spool-holder....” —Whitney, 1889

Keywords

wheel, needle, sewing, machine, sew, sewing machine, shaft, Stitch, stitching, bobbin, Wheeler and Wilson

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Textile Manufacturing, Spinning, Sewing, and Mending

Source

William Dwight Whitney, PhD, LLD The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1895) 5535

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