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arranged that the attendant has nothing to do but to put the ends together and 

 hook the right-hand side of the piece ends upon tho tenter hooks of the guide arm, 

 and the left-hand side upon tho hooks of the food wheel ; the machine will thon start 

 itself and guide the fabric across the machine. When the ends are sewn, the guido 

 arm will leave the fabric, fall down, and stop the machine until another pair of piece 

 ends is attached. This arrangement enables one person to sew as many pieces per 

 day as two or three can on other machines. These machines sew wet or dry, thick or 

 thin, cloth, with equal facility. They are driven by steam-power. Fig. 341 is the 

 same machine, placed upon a portable stand to work by the foot ; the stand is sr 



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constructed that when stationary it rests upon two wheels and a leg, and when being 

 moved about, the act of pulling tho handle presses a third wheel with a swivel upon 

 the floor, and tho machine is thus easily removed from place to place. There is no 

 guido arm to this machine, which is used chiefly in tho dyohouse. 



Pieces are also frequently gummed together at the ends, which is done by pasting 

 the ends for about 1J inch with paste or gum, and, after laying one on the other, 

 drying them immediately on a steam-pipe in front of the operator. This mode is 

 advantageous for some purposes, as when the pieces come, in tho subsequent operations, 

 into hot water, they are easily detached one from the other. 



By whichever of these modes the pieces are joined together, they are then wound 



