Digital version of the 2d ed., rev. and expanded. First published in 1968 under title: The invention of the sewing machine. Digital imaging information: Original images captured at 400 dpi in ...

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...

We're relying on the experts to answer this one and who better than the folks from the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society? Historians of the sewing machine's early days can argue for ...