The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-12-31
WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO. G
SEWING MACHINE.
Americas Institutes New YorIg-Judge's
Report nov. IA, 1874.

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SEWING MACHINE.
Americas fnstltutes New VoTIg-Judge's
Report, NOV. IA, 1874.
10 De Board Of N0nagers:
GEST1EafEN After full snd impartial ex-
animation Of The articles described, the under
signed judges make the following
hEr0nr-f ABsrhACr).
That Sewing No. 436 Wheel
er 4 Wilson's New No. 81 was claimed
70 be so great an improvement, both
upon the weil-known family machine
made by the same company, and upon
All other sewing machines, as entitled it
TO recognition as new and valuable IN
vention. Under these circumstances, an
extremely thorough and minute exam.
ination became both desirable and neces-
sary, not only of its novelty, but of the
skill aud workmanship maniiestedin the
fitting and adjustment OF all its parts.
We have risen from such examination
with an ample conviction that the claim,
IN all its essential features, is we'll
founded.
At the commencement Of our examin-
alton. We were provided with several
complete.sets Of all the working parts as
they me from the mandatory. and
were AZ liberty to make our own seleo-
ton for the construction of a complete
machine in our presence. We thus had.
70 large degree, demonstration of the
nicely OF the manufacture Every part
was formed TO ft every other part with
exact precision. So accurately, for in
stance, did the several rotating hooks
ut IN the same bearing, that while enter
ing it, each one Of them, without such
contact as required force, manifestly
compressed the air within in reaching
its proper seat.
F0nH
The judges enumerate and describe
some OF the points of novelty and excel
lence Of tine machine. Among others:
The simple and efficient device for
producing variable motion for the rota-
ting hook
The independent take,up lever, which
secures the Tightening OF the stitch IN
der the best possible circumstances
The peculiar form of the hook and
the use Of q bobbin holding a great
quantity Of the under thread;
The simple device for producing and
varying the tension Of the lower thread;
The hollow steel needle bar
The facility of applying and using
many useful attaehmentB-the hemmer,
binder, corder, rufiier, &c.
Having completed the construction Of
our trial machine, IN the way indicated,
1t was mounted upon a convenient stand,
and submitted TO every variety of test as
to the range Of work that could be execu-
ted upon it properly and well, and with
out other adaptation than simple changes
OF needle and thread. The mere list Of
operations performed in our presence
without the slightest hesitation or fail
ure, and without the discoverable loss
Of 50 much as a single stitch, would con-
yey an inadequate idea of the complete
success achieved.
Beginning with q needle measuring
but II 1000 inch in diameter. and opera
ting with the finest thread upon lace
goods, the same machine passed through
all the stages of muslin, and broadcloth
OF all conceivable thicknesses and fold
ings and ridgings, and then with waxed
thread stitching through portions of
heavy harness leather.
After this demonstration of its range
of work, we entered upon the nicer tests
required for a family and lig.ht manufac-
turing machine. In this department we
witnessed all the varieties of work on
hemming, telling, and braiding, and also
acegree OF success in single and double
ruffiing which we believe unparalleled.
The varied kinds Of work on lady's
boot were then performed, and each of
these with the same marked success.
-AdNNNA5 WAANoNFE Llo Nehhs ana Whatever
the work presented, the same unfailing
perfection was exhibited, not only in the
work as q piece, but IN the execution OF
each individual stitch. With much pa
tient examination, We were unable to
discover a single defect.
The minuteness of this report is sim
pie reflection of the care with which we
have underworld to examine these claims.
We find the chief advantage of this ma.
chine TO be in the use Of a modified form
of the rotating hook as a substitute for
the shuttle, the hook carrying the upper
thread around the bOhbin containing the
lower thread, and thus producing identi-
cally the same effect as the shuttle. The
superiority OF this rotary motion over the
reoiprocating motion of the shuttle ma
chimes cannot be disputed. The lock-
stitch which is thus secured has always
ranked highest on account of the perma-
nence, beauty, and general desirableness
. OF the stitching when done, and the wide
range of its application.
To these conceded advantages there
have been added, in our presence, the
severest and most searching tests OF its
capacity and usefulness upon every or
dinarily possible kind of work, and we
can do no less than bear witness TO the
entire and remarkable success which has
attended its action in every part of our
examination. It is a machine Which
by the proof submitted, ace are satisfied
must eventually s1tperSede all others
nOt0 knO1gn Nth which 70 comes Ia CON-
petition.
As the only conclusion TO which we
can arrive after an investigation of the
several merits of each of the sewing
machines submitted, an investigation
which we have endeavored to make pa
tiently and completely in every respect,
and associating these with our best iudg-
ment upon the merits of the several
machines which are in use but not on
exhibition
We recommend for the Wheeler e
Wilson NstD No. 6 lSetOiRQ machine
The highest dlDdrd which 10 is IN he
poiOsT Of the Institute to bestotU.
JOHN A. BASSErT, I
MOSES S. BEACH,
H w. STEELE. Judges.
JOHN MATTHEW'S,
REUBEN BULL,
The Board of Managers unanimously
approved the report, and recommended
for this machine the GOia MEDAL Of the
Institute.
The Board Of Direction unanimously
approved this Recommendation, and
awarded the Gold Medal to Wheeler &
Wilson, the only gold medal awarded
Tor sewinG-maohine by the American
Institute for many years.
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