Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . irely upon the rotaiy motionprinciple. The Singer and Wheeler & Viilson are the lead-ing exponents of these two classes of lock-stitchmachines, and are the two great competitors in themarkets of the world. There are many otherexcellent lock-stitch machines whose names arefamiliar both in homes and workshops, as theHowe, Keniington, Florence, Weed, Domestic,American, iS:c., the latter using a rotatingshuttle, all of which make the lock-stitch in thecentre of the fabric, and are constructed eitherupon the principle of the vibratory
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . irely upon the rotaiy motionprinciple. The Singer and Wheeler & Viilson are the lead-ing exponents of these two classes of lock-stitchmachines, and are the two great competitors in themarkets of the world. There are many otherexcellent lock-stitch machines whose names arefamiliar both in homes and workshops, as theHowe, Keniington, Florence, Weed, Domestic,American, iS:c., the latter using a rotatingshuttle, all of which make the lock-stitch in thecentre of the fabric, and are constructed eitherupon the principle of the vibratory or oscillatoryshuttle motion or u])on that of tlie rotary nu)tion. shuttle has a long beak, the object of which is tohold the loop until the needle lias been liftedentirely out of the goods. While the needle is outof the goods the loop is opened hy the body of theshuttle sulliciently to jki-ss through, the threadbeing inilled down through the needles eye andthe o]icning through the goods left free for thethreat! to play in, a \ast friction and strain upon. houk, bobbiu-hfildcr with bobbin,and bobbin-case. h, bobbin
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