Transcriber’s Notes:
Minor punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Footnotes have been moved to Chapter ends. The following typographical errors have been corrected/noted:
Footnote [9] “Praktisches Wissen von der Nähmaschine.”—was “Praktisches wissen von der Nähmaschine.”
p. [11] “a loop in the other”—was “a loop in the the other”
p. [19] “chainstitch, Thimonnier used”—was “chainstitch, Thimmonier used”
p. [76] “known to be in existence is”—was “known to be in eixstence is”
p. [80] “7501-12500, 1873;”—was “7501-12500, 8173;”
p. [119] “shaped like an open _ into which”— A letter or symbol appears to be missing in the original between open and into.
p. [119] “181161-220318”—overlaps range of previous entry.