A short dictionary entry defining the cardigan-jacket machine, a circular rib knitting machine that makes the polka (one-and-one) stitch for knit jackets. It describes the Gimson & Coltman machine of Leicester shown at the Centennial, which could form a welt and had a dial counting courses, producing about 6 dozen bodies a day. It also mentions Lamb's machine and refers to G. W. Gregory's report in the Centennial Reports.