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Temuka Leader, Issue 1553, 7 September 1886, Page 4

A Pocket Sewing Machine.—A number of gentlemen interested in mechanical engineering attended recently at the offices of Invention to examine a novel and ingenious invention, mentioned some time ago in our cable columns. Ihe invention take the form of a lockstitch sewing machine, working with the same rapidity ns the ordinary treadle machine, and turning out wellfinished work. The peculiar features of the little wonder (says Invention) are its weight, size, and simplicity. 'Jhe machine is totally nnlibe any sewing machine hitherto invented, and, strange to say, does not contain any wheel in its composition. In form it somewhat resembles a mechanical handstamp • it measures Bio long by 2in wide, and weighs lOozs. To work i*-, it is only necessary to fix the clamp attachment to the edge of an ordinary table; and, having placed the material to be worked in position, to press the head of the sliding-bar at regular interTals. Apart from the exceeding ingenuity of the inventiou, which comprises the entire working principle of a full-sized machines the “ Moldacot ” sewing machine points to little short of a revolution in the production, of domestic machinery, and serves as an instance of what can be done in this way at a price which seems little short of marvellous, the- retail cost of the machine being only half a guinea.