Patent Model - Improvement in Knitting-Machines
Maker and role
Horace Arnold, Patentee
George Cushman, Assignee
Production date
Sep 10 1872
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, wood
Measurements
9 x 11 x 7" (22.9 x 27.9 x 17.8cm)
Description
Arnold's patent "relates, partially, to knitting-machines in general, but more particularly to those which are capable of knitting tubular fabrics, and which are also capable of knitting with any desired proportion of the whole set of needles, while those not in use are elevated, and retain the stitches thereon, and support the fabric already knitted." (Patent Number 131,144)
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Object number
2016.14.1
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