. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 126.—Watson sewing machine. 1856. illustrated in Scientific American, December 13. 1856. The earliest Watson machines were two-thread lockstitch machines, as described in the Scientific American. August 10, 1850. Although the magazine reported that the inventor had applied for a patent, the earliest lockstitch patent issued to William C. Watson was on March 11, 1856. A few of his machines were made in 1850, the article continued, "several of these ma- chines are nearly finished . . persons desirous of seeing them can be gratified
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 126.—Watson sewing machine. 1856. illustrated in Scientific American, December 13. 1856. The earliest Watson machines were two-thread lockstitch machines, as described in the Scientific American. August 10, 1850. Although the magazine reported that the inventor had applied for a patent, the earliest lockstitch patent issued to William C. Watson was on March 11, 1856. A few of his machines were made in 1850, the article continued, "several of these ma- chines are nearly finished . . persons desirous of seeing them can be gratified by calling upon Messrs. Jones & ; A Watson machine was exhibited by Jones & Lee at the Sixth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association held in Boston in September 1850. In 1853 a Watson machine was exhibited at the New York Industry of All Nations Exhibition, but this was a single- looping machine; Watson received a patent for this single- thread machine on November 25, 1856. In the December 13, 1856, issue of Scientific American a machine called Watson's •"Family" sewing machine was illustrated and described. It was a small machine (only 8 by 5 inches) manufactured by Watson & Wooster and selling for S10. References to the Watson single-thread machine occur as late as 1860, but no examples are known to have survived. (.Smithsonian photo 4822I-B.) 116. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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