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ating shuttle a. Singer pattern, Stitch 19, Plate LVII. Florence, Howe, Wilson, Weed. 12. Similar as to the needle-thread; shuttle vibrates in an are of a circle 7, 1854. (Reissue.)278SingerOct. 3, 1854. 11,884AmblerNov. 7, 1854. 12,011WeedNov. 28, 1854. 12,336WilderJan. 30, 1855. 12,389HornFeb. 13, 1855. 12,902Durgiver controls the thread between the tension device and the eye of the needle. Weed sewing-machine. The Weed machine, as improved by G. A. Fairfield, and made uWeed machine, as improved by G. A. Fairfield, and made under his patents, is shown in Fig. 4858. It makes a lock-stitch with a straight eyepointed needle and reciprocating shuttle. The needle-bar is actuated from an ecce7 Howe Sewing-Machine Co. (estimated)35,000 Domestic Sewing-Machine Co.22,700 Weed Sewing-Machine Co.20,495 Machines. Grover and Baker Sewing-Machine Co. (est 18. Doubly interlocking loop. 19. Lock-stitch. Singer, Wheeler and Wilson, Weed, Wilson, Howe, Domestic, Florence. 20. Coil in needle-thread. 21. Double c
Several other kinds were introduced by Wedgwood. 1. Queens-ware or cream-colored ware, made by combining metallic oxides with pipe-clay and sand. 2. Terra-cotta; a ware in imitation of porphyry, granite, and other kinds of hard stone. 3. Basalt; a very hard black ware. 4. Porcelain-biscuit; differing from the above chiefly in being of a white color. 5. Bamboo-ware; a kind of cane-colored biscuit. 6. Jasper; a delicate white biscuit, suitable for cameos and statuettes. Weed′ing-hoe. See hoe. Weft. The filing or woof of a web; running from selvage to selvage. Also known as the shoot, or fram. Weft-fork. (Weaving.) a. One used in certain kinds of looms where the filling is laid in, one piece at a time. See slat-weaving loom. b. An arrangement for stopping the loom if the weft-thread should break or fail. The original stopmotion. It was invented by James Bullough. English patent enrolled July 14, 1841. In the end of the reed three or