Stocking Frame
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A short dictionary entry on the stocking-frame, the English term for a stocking-knitting machine, invented by William Lee of Cambridge in 1589. It explains how jack-sinkers, lead-sinkers, the slur-bar and the presser-bar form and interlock loops on a row of hooked needles. An engraving (Fig. 5837) shows the machine.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1876
- Language
- English
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- 1
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