Stitching Machine
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A short dictionary entry on the stitching machine, a hand-cranked device for sewing together the ends of cotton cloth pieces before bleaching, washing, singeing, printing or dyeing. It credits the invention to Charles Morey in England in 1849 and explains how two grooved toothed wheels crimp the cloth against a spring-held needle. A line drawing (Fig. 5528) shows the parts.
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- Article
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- 1876
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- English
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