Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-01-02
WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO. 6
SEWING MACHINE.
American Institute, New Yorl--JudEe's Re-
port, Nov. IA, 1874.

American Institute, New York--JudEe's Re-
port, Nov. IA, 1874.
To the Board Of Managers:
GENTLEMEN-Aftera full and impartial
examination Of the articles described,
the undersigned judges make the follow
ing
REPoRT-(ABsTRAcT):
That Sewing machine No. 436 wheel
er q Wilson's New No. 81 was claimed
to be so great an Improvement, both
upon the well-known family machine
made by the same company, and upon
nll other sewing -machines, as entitled It
to recognition as new and valuable in
vention. Under these circumstances, an
extremely thorough and minute examina-
ton became both desirable and necessary,
not only of its novelty but of the skill
and workmanship manifested in 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 well
founded,
At the commencement of our examina-
ton, we were provided with several COM
plete sets of all the working parts as they
came from the mandatory, and were at
liberty to make our own selection for the
construction of complete machine in
our presence, We thus had, to large
degree, demonstration of the nicely of
the manufacture. Every part was formed
to fit every other part with exact pre-
cision. So accurately, for instance, did the
several rotating hooks fit in the same
bearing, that while entering it, each one
of them, without such contact as re-
quired force, manifestly compressed the
air within in reaching its proper seat.
The judges enumerate and describe
some of the points of novelty and excel
lence of the machine. Among others
The simple and efficient device for pro-
= ducing variable motion for the rotating
J hook
. The Independent take-up lever, which
, secures the tightening of the stitch I'M
; der the best possible circumstances
The peculiar form of the hook and the
) use of bobbin holding 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 attachments-the hemmer
binder, corder ruffier, &C.
: Having completed the construction Of
our trial machine, in the way indicated
it 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 WE'LL and with
out other adaptation than simple changes
, of needle and thread The mere list O.
operations performed in our presence
! without the slightest hesitation or failure
. and without the discoverable loss of 81
} much as a single stitch, would convey al
inadequate idea of the complete success
& achieved
4 Beginning with a needle measuring
4 but 17-1000 inch in diameter, and opera
ting with the finest thread upon lac
l. goods, the same machine passed through
all the stages of muslin, and broadclotl
of all conceivable thicknesses and fold
ings and ridgings, and then with waxeC
a thread stitching through portions o
/ heavy harness leather
= After this demonstration of its rang
OF work, we entered upon the nicer test
required for a family and light manufac
turing machine. In this department W
i witnessed all the varieties of work o.
g hemming, telling, and braiding, and ais
], a degree of success in single and doubl
: ruffling which we believe unparalleled
=, The varied kinds of work on lady
= boot were then performed, and each @
VI these with the same marked success. Ii
u deed, whatever the test, and whateve
e the work presented, the same unfailin
e perfection was exhibited, not only in tn
work as piece, but in the execution c
each individual stitch. With much pc
tient examination, we were unable to dis
= cover single defect.
e /. The minuteness of this report is sin
y pie reflection of the care with which W
Y have endeavored to examine these claims
g We find the chief advantage of this mt
% chine to be i'll the use of a modified forl
OF the rotating hook as substitute fC
: the shuttle, the hook carrying the uppe
thread around the bobbin containing tn
1t lower thread, and thus producing inde1
/. tically the same effect as the shuttle. Th
4 superiority of this rotary motion over til
=, reciprocating motion of the shuttle m;
y chimes cannot be disputed. The "loc
- stitch u which is thus secured has alway
6 ranked highest on account of the perm,
'e hence, beauty, and general desirablenes
5, of the stitching when done, and the wid
:. range of its application.
:. To these conceded advantages thel
~ have been added, in our presence, tn
II severest and most searching tests of i
N capacity and usefulness upon even
rs ordinarily possible kind of work, an
We can do no less than bear witness
- the entire and remarkable success whiC
. has attended its action in every part
10 our examination. 1t is machine WI.iSy
at by the proof submitted, zoe are Sati
Sc fed must eventually Supersede all othe
n noaO kaOtCn aUih aChich 1t comes in con
a petition.
- AS the only conclusion to which v
70 can arrive after an investigation of Il
u several merits of each of the sewing
tie machines submitted, an investigate
It. which we have endeavored to make p
u tiently and completely in every respec
re and associating these with our be
!, judgment upon the merits of the sever
40 machines which are in use but not on e
We hibition
e. We recommend for the Wheeler
he Wilson NeaO No. 6 Se,0ing- reachi,,
lv the highest atCard Which it is in Il
70 po,Oer Of the Institute to bestoW.
JOHN A. BAssETT,
~ MOSES S. BEACH,
Up II. w. STEELE, Judge
re JOHN MATTHEWS,
n REUBEN BULL,
ay The Board of Managers unanimous
re approved the report, and recommend