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  2. Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal - Wikipedia

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    Invention of mechanical sewing machine Charles Fredrick Wiesenthal (1726–1789) [ 1 ] was a German-American physician and inventor who was awarded the patent for the first known mechanical device for sewing in 1755.

  3. Allen B. Wilson - Wikipedia

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    The latest type of this machine used a vertical needle bar and a straight needle. [ 2 ] Wilson had the good fortune soon after securing his patent to interest Nathaniel Wheeler, a young carriage maker who possessed some capital, in his machine, and out of this connection grew the great house of Wheeler & Wilson.

  4. Sewing-Machine Needles - Wikipedia

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    Sewing-Machine Needles, also known as Rocas Ministro Ezcurra [1) is a group of three prominent rock needles, the highest 45 m above water, lying close southeast of Rancho Point, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands

  5. Sewing needle - Wikipedia

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    A sewing needle. A sewing needle, used for hand-sewing, is a long slender tool with a pointed tip at one end and a hole (or eye) to hold the sewing thread.The earliest needles were made of bone or wood; modern needles are manufactured from high carbon steel wire and are nickel- or 18K gold-plated for corrosion resistance.

  6. Sewing machine needle - Wikipedia

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    The universal class of needles are used on domestic machines. "Universal" refers to the shape of the needle shank and length of the needle rather than the actual sewing application or point. The most notable feature of universal needles is the flat face on the needle shank which helps to ensure the needle is inserted correctly.

  7. Pinnacle (geology) - Wikipedia

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    A pinnacle, tower, spire, needle or natural tower (German: Felsnadel, Felsturm or Felszinne) in geology is an individual column of rock, isolated from other rocks or groups of rocks, in the shape of a vertical shaft or spire. is a natural geomorphological shape and a structural denudation shape of the relief. It is about an isolated, tall and ...

  8. Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph - Wikipedia

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    The five-needle telegraph with twenty possible needle positions was six codes short of being able to encode the complete alphabet. The letters omitted were C, J, Q, U, X and Z. [32] A great selling point of this telegraph was that it was simple to use and required little operator training. There is no code to learn, as the letter being sent was ...

  9. Frederick Wolseley - Wikipedia

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    A shearing stand and machine. Frederick York Wolseley (16 March 1837 – 8 January 1899) was an Irish-born New South Wales inventor and woolgrower who invented and developed the first commercially successful sheep shearing machinery after extensive experimentation. [1] It revolutionised the wool industry.