The Invention of the Sewing Machine [Illustrated]

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index

CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Early Efforts
2. Elements of a Successful Machine
3. The “Sewing-Machine Combination”
4. Less Expensive Machines
Appendixes
I. Notes on the Development and Commercial Use of the Sewing Machine
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
VI. Biographical Sketches
Bibliography
Indexes
Geographical Index to Companies Listed in Appendix II
Alphabetical Index to Patentees Listed in Appendix III
General Index to Chapters