GB Patent: GB-175,500,701
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| Needle for ornamenting fabrics
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Patentee:
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| Charles Frederick Wiesenthal (exact or similar names) - London, England |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Jul. 01, 1755 |
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Sep. 20, 1755 |
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Jeff Joslin
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Description: |
| This invention for "Working Fine Thread in Needlework, after the Manner of Dresden Needlework, and for Erecting a Manufacture of that Sort in this Kingdom, so as to be of Publick Utility, and enable Poor Girls of Eight Years old to Maintain themselves without being burdensome to the Parishes to which they belong".The invention might seem underwhelming: a sewing needle that is sharpened on both ends. Some now consider this invention to be a progenitor of the sewing machine, which would require a needle with the thread-hole on the sharpened end. Wiesenthal's invention seems to have been intended to slightly simplify embroidery by avoiding having to reverse the needle every time the needle is passed through the fabric. |
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