45S , Machine for Shoemakers . 
enables the operator to place the shoe in any position 
necessary. 
JL The pillar, formed like the pillar of a claw table, ex- 
cepting the two side legs being in a direct line, and* the 
other leg at a right angle with them. 
I<. The semicircle H, shown separately, to explain how 
it is connected with the staples, and how the notches 
are formed. 
M. The tail or stem of the bed A, and the lower part of 
the bed N, shown separately, to explain how the up- 
per part of the bed is raised or depressed occasionally. 
No. 5k 
Description of a Machine for the use of Shoemakers. By 
Mr. Thomas Parker*. 
(With a Plate.) 
MR. Thomas Parker, the inventor of the machine, was 
desired to attend with it upon a committee appointed by 
the Society of Arts, on the of November, 1804, and 
then informed them, that he had used this apparatus for 
twelve months past, and found it very useful. That all 
the work of shoe- making may be done with it standing ; 
but that in some parts thereof he finds an advantage in 
using along with it a high stool ; and that before he used 
this machine, he never saw or heard of a similar inven- 
tion ; and that he has found it of great service to his 
health.. 
He stated the cost of such a machine to be about two 
guineas. 
Plate 13. Fig. S.— — T. A bench standing on four 
legs, about four feet from the ground. 
* Nicholson vol. 15. p. 165 — Communicated to the Society of Arts, who g.ave 
a premium of fifteen guineas. 
