. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 105.—Landfear's patent sewing machine of about 1857. Another of the many machines that, except for isolated examples, have almost completely disappeared from the records is Landfear's machine. Fortunately, this manu- facturer marked his machine—where many did not— stamping it: "Landfear's patent - Decr 1856, No. 262, W. H. Johnson's Patent Feb. 26th 1856, Manfrd by Parkers, Snow, Brooks & Co., West Meriden, ; (There was a Parker sewing machine manufactured by the Charles Parker Co. of Meriden, but his machine was a
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 105.—Landfear's patent sewing machine of about 1857. Another of the many machines that, except for isolated examples, have almost completely disappeared from the records is Landfear's machine. Fortunately, this manu- facturer marked his machine—where many did not— stamping it: "Landfear's patent - Decr 1856, No. 262, W. H. Johnson's Patent Feb. 26th 1856, Manfrd by Parkers, Snow, Brooks & Co., West Meriden, ; (There was a Parker sewing machine manufactured by the Charles Parker Co. of Meriden, but his machine was a double-thread chain- stitch machine and was licensed by the "; The Landfear machine may have been an earlier attempt by a predecessor or closely related company.) The Landfear patent was for a shuttle machine, but it also included a mode for regulating stitch length. The name chosen for this machine may be incorrect, since the single- thread chainstitch mechanism is primarily that of W. H. Johnson, but since the Johnson patent also was used on other machines the name "Landfear" was assigned. The machine was probably another attempt to evade royalty payment to the "; The serial number 262 indicates that at least that many machines were manufactured, although this model is the only one known to be in existence. The support arm of the machine head is iron, cast as a vase of flowers and painted in natural colors. The paint on the head is original, but the table has been refinished, and the iron legs, which had rusted, have been repainted. (Smithsonian photo 48440-G.) 98. 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,
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