https://e-sygoing.link Latest links in the History category en-us Mon, 25 May 2026 11:44:42 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5516981-sewing-machines-historical-trade-literature-in-smithsonian-i From the Smithsonian Institution's Library of Historical Trade Literature, a guide to the range of materials published by and about sewing machine companies in the US and other countries, starting in the 1840's. Fri, 30 May 2025 04:48:29 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5516981 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5516977-flax-and-hemp-gin Page from the Illustrated London News of November 1, 1862, with an illustration of the American flax gin developed by Sandford and Mallory, and a short description of its operation. Mon, 20 Jan 2025 20:16:20 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5516977 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5516971-the-steam-loom Excerpt from Richard Guest's, Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture (1823), and dealing with the invention and application of the steam loom in the British textile industry. Edited by Mr. Paul Halsall for the Modern History Sourcebook. Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:36:58 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5516971 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5516973-medieval-north-european-spindles-and-whorls Short article with descriptions of the spindles and whorls used by Scandinavian yarn spinners from 800 to 1500 CE. Author: Carolyn Priest-Dorman. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 09:53:11 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5516973 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5516972-on-power-looms Excerpts from an early 19th century autobiography, written by William Radcliffe, and dealing with the implications of the introduction of the power loom for the local textile industry. Edited by Mr. Paul Halsall for the Modern History Sourcebook. Mon, 27 May 2024 14:07:39 -0400 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5516972 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5516979-servant-in-the-house-a-brief-history-of-the-sewing-machine History of the development and introduction into the industry of the sewing machine, originally published by the Smithsonian Report in 1930. Author: Frederick Lewis Lewton. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:57:40 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5516979 https://e-sygoing.link/link/5516980-the-sewing-machine-its-invention-and-development Smithsonian Institution's web publication of a 1976 book on the invention, development and introduction of the sewing machine, by Grace Rogers Cooper. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 02:40:01 -0500 https://e-sygoing.link/go/5516980