Tub′u-lar goods Sew′ing-ma-chine′.
The Akins and Felthousen patent of August 5, 1851, was the first machine to sew tubular goods, such as shirtsleeves, boot-legs, etc.; and in 1865 it was estimated that 50,000 sewing-machines, embracing one or the other of the features of this improvement, were in use.Tubular rail. |