The Invention of the Sewing Machine

by Grace Rogers Cooper

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Contents

1. Publications of the United States National Museum
2. Preface
3. Early Efforts
4. Elements of a Successful Machine
5. Chapter Three
6. The “Sewing-Machine Combination”
7. Less Expensive Machines
8. Introduction
9. Ready-Made Clothing
10. Shoe Manufacture
11. Other Uses
12. Sewing-Machine Attachments
13. Thread for the Machine
14. Manufacture and Export, to 1900
15. II. American Sewing-Machine Companies of the 19th Century
16. III. Chronological List of U.S. Sewing-Machine Patent Models in the Smithsonian Collections
17. IV. 19th-Century Sewing-Machine Leaflets in the Smithsonian Collections
18. V. A Brief History of Cotton Thread
19. VI. Biographical Sketches
20. Bibliography
21. Indexes

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