The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-01
WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW Nc. G
Sc WING MA CHINE.

WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW NO. G
SEWING MACHINE.
AMERICAN Institute, NEW YoRz-JUDGEs
REPORT, Nov. Ii, 1874.
To the Board Of Managers:
GENTLEMEN: After a full and impartial
examination Of the ~a1ticies described, the M
derslgned judges make the following
REPORT-(ABsTRACr):
That Sewing Machine No. 1876 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
all other sewing machines, as entities 1t
to recognition as a new and valuable in
yention. Under these circumstances, an
extremely thorough and minute examina-
ton became both desirable and neces-
sary, 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 exam
nation with an ample conviction that
the claim, in all it's essential features,
is well founded.
At the commencement OF eX-
animation, we We're provided with "
eral complete sets OF all the working
parts as they came from the manufac-
tory, and were at liberty to make
own selection for the construction of a
complete machine in our presence. We
thus had, to q large degree, a demon
strationof t~henicetyo of the manufacture.
Every part was formed to fit every 9th
err part with exact precision. So accu-
rately. for instance, did the several ro-
tating hooks fit in the same bearing, that
while entering it, each II Of them,
manifestIy compressed the air within III
reaching its proper seat.
The Judges enumerate and describe
some Of the points of novelty and ex-
c~elIence of the machine. Among others
The simple and efficient device for
producing variable motion for the re-
Eating 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 a bobbin holding a great guam
titv 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, c0rder, ruther, etc.
Having completed the construction OF
our trial machine, in the way indicated,
it was mounted upon O c~onvtnlenG
stand, and submitted to every variety
of test as TO the range of work that
could be executed upon 1t properly and
well, and without other adaptation than
simple changes of needle and thread.
The mere list of operations performed
in our presence without the slightest
hesitation or failure, and without the
discoverahle loss Of so much as q single
stitch, would convey an inadequate idea
of the complete success achieved.
Beginning with Il needle measuring
but 17-1000 inch in diameter, and oper-
ating with the finest thread upon lace
goods, the same machine passed
through all the stages OF muslin, and
b~roadclOth Of all conceivable thickpCsses
and foldings and ridgings, and then
with waxed thread stitching through
portions of heavy harness leather.
After this demonstration Of It's range
of work, we entered upon the nicer tests
required for a family and Light manu-
featuring machine. In this department
we witnessed all the varieties OF work
on hemming, telling and braidlng, and
also IL degree of success IN single and
rutiiing which we believe I'M
paralleled. The varied kinds of work
a lady's boot were then performed,
and each Of these with the same marked
success. Indeed, whatever the test, and
whatever the work presented, the same
unfailing perfection was exhibited, not
only in the work as a piece, but III the
execution of each individual stitch.
With much patient examination, we
were unable to discover a single defect.
The minuteness of this report IS a
reflection Of the care with which
we have ~endeavored to examine these
We find the chief advantage of
this machine to be in the use of Il modi-
fed form Of the rotating hook as a sub
stitute for the shuttle, the hook carry
ing the upper thread around the bObbIn
the lower thread, and thus
producing identically the same effect as
the shuttle. The superiority of this
motion over the r~eciprocatlng
motions of the shuttle machines cannot
be disputed. The 'lock-stitch" which
is thus secured has always ranked nigh
est on account of the ~permanence,
and general desirabieness OF the
stitching when done, and the wide range
Of its application.
To these conceded advantages there
have been added, in our presence, the
seyerest and most searching tests {: It's
and usefulness upon every
ordinarily possible kind Of work, and