I offer a collection of over 600 (!!) old sewing machine patents from USA between 1842 and 1864. All patents are complete, that means contain the full text and all (often beautiful and informative - see example) drawings. You will find information about historical development of sewing machines technique (Sewing machines or parts / accessories of it) of this period only here in this easily to handle, perfect kind! It is interesting especially for collectors, but also for other people who are interested in the history of sewing. The inventors / owners come mostly from USA, sometimes also from other contries, for example famous Isaac Merritt Singer, Grover & Baker, Pollack & Schmidt (Hamburg, Germany), Charles F. Bosworth, John Bachelder, Wilhelm / William Weitling and a lot more. In the following some patent titles as illustration about the content (over 2000 pages !!): IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINES IMPROVEMENT IN WELT AND THREAD CUTTERS FOR SEWING-MACHINES IMPROVEMENT IN CORDING GUIDES FOR SEWING-MACHINES IMPROVEMENT IN SETTING AND THREADING NEEDLES IN SEWING-MACHINES IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINE STITCHES IMPROVEMENT IN RUNNING-STITCH SEWING-MACHINES IMPROVEMENT IN MECHANISM FOR STARTING SEWING-MACHINES Delivery is as pdf file (*.pdf) collection on a CD (not as printed book!). For viewing and printing you need only the wellknown Acrobat Reader (freeware). Each file contains one complete p a t e n t. Also included is an Excel list with patent numbers, datas of issue and patent titles. This list is linked directly to the patent files so that each patent will be open easily if you click on the link. It is not really a problem if you do not have the programme Excel from Microsoft. Look for "Excel Viewer" at google and you will find freeware version of anExcel Viewer programme. So you can open and print the Excel table without problem! Of course you can open (and also print) each patent file also direct without using of the Excel table!! Copyright of the CD has only the seller! Please see also my other patent collections around sewing machines! Shipping worldwide as airmail letter. You can also buy more patent collections - the shipping price will not increase! |