This mid-19th century advertising circular proposes a new idea for doing laundry. What it lacks in detailed description, it makes up for with powerful testimonials. Alexia MacClain Today the task of ...

How a museum dedicated to telling the story of industrial history became the steward of the largest private collection of patent models Caroline Western-Osienski Nation of Inventors, Hagley Museum and ...

The 19th century was a time of prolific scientific, technological and mathematical advances. It was an era that gave birth to the light bulb, the telephone, the type writer and the telegraph, among ...

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...