A POCKET SEWING MACHINE.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7167, 10 September 1886, Page 4

A POCKET SEWING MACHINE.

A nomder of gentlemen interested Jin

uiechnniciil engineering attended recently

at the offices of- Invention to examine; a novql and ingenious invention, tbe wcjrk of (i German gentleman, which, from its portubililty and the cheapness with wbi|;h ft can be produced, is ddubtlesß destined to becoras exceedingly popular. Tpe. invention tukes the form of a lockstitch ' sewing machine working 1 with the sarpo ■ rapidity as the ordinary' treddle machirio, and, turning out woll-finish«d_,wqrk;j ..The peculiar features of this little wonder are its weight, size, and ' simplicity. The 'tnachinfl -ib '-totally--' nnliko any Bewijjg machine hitherto" invented, and, strange ,to j -say- does not contain' a single, wheel in its composition. In forrif it somewhat resembles a mechanical, r handstamp ; lit measures "Biri. ipnK by ! 2in. wide, and weigHs but 10oz." To work it," it ia only necessary to fix the glamp. attachment .to the edge ofyau ordinary tabie ; and having placed the material to be worjred in. position, to press tbe head of the sliding bar'at .regular intervals. Apartfrora the exceeding ingenuity of the invention, -which compiiaeß iha entire' wotking principle jo£ a lull-sized in&cbiae^ .the "Moldacoe" , sewing machine points to a little short of a revolution in the production of domesticmachinery, 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 orthe machine being only half a guinea.