| 单词 | treadle |
| 例句 | The woman who had lived there before us left behind an old- fashioned sewing machine that you operated with a foot treadle. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Papi nailed new boards under Mami’s treadle sewing machine, and under their bed, but the floor still groaned and sagged to the corners, threatening to collapse and bring the house down with it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Her feet slowed on the treadle and Kira knew that she was eager to chat and gossip. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet began to move slowly again on the treadle. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He is sitting at his sewing machine, right shoe still on the foot treadle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her feet began to move again on the treadle. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t quite pitch-dark, and in the ghostly gray predawn light he could see the old treadle sewing machine. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She was bending over her old treadle Singer sewing machine, threading a bobbin. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of mechanized needles pumping up and down sounded a continuous clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rumble of foot treadles and the whir of spinning spools of thread. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z An old-fashioned crank telephone, a primitive-looking wooden mask and a treadle sewing machine. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Heads bent, mouths fanning straight pins, hem-covered oxfords working unseen treadles, they continued production. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Hannah sat before her small flax wheel, her foot moving briskly on the treadle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Marlena laughed and her feet took up the rapid pace on the treadle that caused the rhythmic motion of the loom. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Fittingly, at the tender heart of this book is a treadle sewing machine used by his grandmother, Mamá Tey, to support the family in El Salvador and, later, San Francisco. A Salvadoran-American Assembles the Fragments of a Violent Cultural History 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z If you have room, there are treadle feeders that are rat resistant you can use in the coop. Things to keep in mind if you want to get backyard hens for eggs 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z During this period, she was collecting books on weaving, learning how to measure the warp threads and tie up the treadles on a loom. Breaking Through Categories and Conventions at BAM 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z She first learned to sew at age 4, on her great-aunt’s treadle sewing machine. How a wedding dress maker is trying to stop the spread of Ebola Imitating the English, whose male weaving guilds had produced fine cloths on foot-powered treadle looms since the 1300s, the Danes trained North Atlantic men to weave on these faster looms. Viking Textiles Show Women Had Tremendous Power 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z I. M. Singer improved the sewing machine by inventing a foot treadle. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His only machinery was a buffing machine and a sewing table with a treadle. He was seeking custom-made boots. The journey led to a life deeply touched by love and death and leather 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z Later her mother let her use the treadle sewing machine. Kansas mother, daughter duo creates doll museum 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Other photos showed a treadle sewing machine and the handle for rolling car windows up and down. EXCHANGE: Buddy program pairs students with veterans 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z “I sew by hand, or I use a treadle sewing machine, but I don’t use an electric machine,” Crowther says. EXCHANGE: Forsyth woman creates historic clothing 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z He lines up the front page, takes a step back and stomps on a black treadle. W.Va. archives use old method to preserve today’s news 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z With that in mind Trinitas bought an old treadle sewing machine and started making reusable sanitary pads from fabrics available locally. The invention that stop girls missing school every month - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z At his treadle machine, on the terrace of the Copromof workshop in the capital of Burkina Faso, Mr Dao is at the forefront of an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny revolution. Burkina Faso’s French knicker-makers 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z This may be done either by the hand numbering machine or by the larger machine worked with a treadle. Practical Bookbinding 2012-04-02T02:00:23.047Z This machine has two treadles, one connected to the clamps, and the other to a lever which operates the upright rod. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It was just the treadle I think came against your calf. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The spool wound the thread, the treadle hummed, filling the room with a soothing noise. Roumanian Stories Translated from the Original Roumanian 2012-02-28T03:00:27.310Z By that time not only had the word “velocipede” been discarded for “bicycle,” and “treadles” become “pedals,” but the machine itself, although in general appearance very much the same, had been improved in detail. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The spindles to which the wheels are attached revolve in a lathe worked by a foot treadle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z To obtain repeated blows with one motion of the foot, place the foot upon the treadle connected to the clamps. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The cranks must have half round grooves filed in them to receive the treadle hooks. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z The pressure is given by the treadle, which brings down the upper platen on the channeled sole. Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:29.743Z The necessary pressure of wind is generated by bellows worked by the feet of the performer upon foot-boards or treadles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z A travelling knife-grinder, with his treadle and wheels, has a machine, but not a very perfect one. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z If variable blows are wanted, place the foot upon the other treadle, and the hammer will follow the motion of the foot. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The cranks are connected, by means of hooks of ordinary round iron, with a treadle that is pivoted on the gas pipe at the rear of the table. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z The operator sits astride the trestle with a foot on each treadle. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z The air being thus cut off, the performer depends for his supply entirely upon the management of the bellows worked by the treadles, whereby he regulates the compression of the wind. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z In this way the artist could divide very rapidly by alternately depressing the treadle and working the dividing knife. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z This extra treadle is a late improvement, and is not shown in the cut. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z It has valves and cylinders and those things that give it power and speed, and rubber tires that it runs on, and a wheel and steering-gear and handles and treadles by which it is directed. Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Then, placing one foot on a treadle hanging from the handle of the knife, he firmly presses the latter down on the block. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Thomas Bertram, your loom is at a discount, but many's the happy day I have watched you and your shuttle, and the interweaving treadles, and all the mysteries of setting the "wab." Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z When the treadle was depressed the tangent screw turned round, and when the pressure was removed it returned, in obedience to the weight, to its former position without affecting the screw. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The spokes are placed against a stop on the table, and brought into contact with the cutters by the foot treadle. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z But we kept at it, and then we found the treadle pump. A Conversation With Paul R. Polak: Dr. Paul Polak Invents Devices to Help the World?s Poorest 2011-09-26T22:14:35Z So, saying that he would show us, he clambered up, sat down on the saddle smiling, and began to work the treadles eagerly. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z The little spinning-wheel, turned by a treadle, became a fascination to the girls, and with its busy hum was mingled oft times the merry strain of patriotic songs. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Round the spiral groove of the cylinder a catgut band was wound, one end of which was attached to a treadle and the other to a counterpoise weight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The table has beneath it a spiral spring at each end, which returns the table as soon as the foot pressure is released from the treadle. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z For example, three threads out of ten in the warp could be lifted by one group of heddles with one motion of the treadle, the heddles being grouped or “harnessed” to make this possible. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z Peggy’s light foot on the treadle went swifter and swifter, and for a time no sound was heard in the living-room save the hum of the wheel. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z On the other hand, his legs had been thought by his early American advisers eminently fitted for the treadle. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z Her feet ceased to work the treadles of the cutting-wheel; her hands fell to her lap; she waited for him to come into the room. The Black Opal 2011-07-13T02:00:16.323Z A treadle g is pivoted at h, and acts upon the lower end of d, causing the die f to grip or release the bolts, as may be required. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Dame Lysbeth, rummaging there for some flax that she wanted, found the boy sitting on the bench with one bare foot on the treadle, studying the workings of the clumsy machine. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z The bait consisted of a piece of walnut meat on the treadle. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z She tossed the satin on the machine, thrust it under the needle, and seemed to work the treadle by dint of compressing lips and knitting brows. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Her rather trim feet, cased in calf-skin shoes and yarn stockings, even as her daily toil could make them, were rising and falling on the treadles with monotonous jerks. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The treadle g is depressed, and the bolt blank clamped between e and f. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The young woman was putting her foot on one of the lower treadles when they entered. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z By placing the trap crosswise in the runway, voles were captured whether or not the treadle was baited. Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] 2011-06-01T02:00:28.617Z In a subsidiary room off the painting-shop a single girl was seated at a revolving table actuated by a treadle. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z A coarse, bouncing, full-figured young woman with frizzly black hair paused with her foot on the treadle of her machine to stare at the new-comer. The Grandchildren of the Ghetto 2011-02-12T03:00:35.663Z The pulley is provided with a friction clutch operated by the treadle, shown. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The old women in the village have begun their winter spinning, and the tap, tap, tap of the treadle on the floor gives a pleasant sound as one passes outside on the dark road. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z And then he began to work the treadle of the bellows. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z The above is a photograph of a Travelling Workshop equipped with our 5 in. lathe and Radial Drill, both of which tools are fitted with treadle and electric motor drive. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z She put her foot to the treadle only on rare occasions, when Lilly pled with her urgently. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The feeding is done by the treadle f, which operates the rod e. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Marker—A part of the clamp on some machines, separate from the pressing part, that may be pulled down by a treadle to show where the knife is going to cut. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z A gay little air went fluttering moth-wise over her lips to the accompaniment of the wheel, and the little tap tapping of its treadles. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Don't you see, boys, that the old fellow comes along and to go in he surely will step on the treadle. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps It would never occur to these workmen to put the lathe higher in the air and attach a treadle, leaving both hands free to guide the tool. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The weight w counterbalances the treadle and brings it to its highest position when the workman’s foot pressure is removed. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The clamp returns automatically to the top by touching the treadle lightly with the foot and giving the clamping wheel a slight backward turn. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z The treadle should be set three inches inside, level with the top of bottom board. Mink Trapping A Book of Instruction Giving Many Methods of Trapping—A Valuable Book for Trappers. Then whittle the ends off square so it will work easy between the treadle stakes and the two inside stakes that your fall works in; next raise your fall pole about three feet high. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps All that is necessary is to leave an extension to the arm or heel of the treadle to catch over the jaw of the trap. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The spindle feeds through the driving cone, being operated by the treadle shown. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The little foot stopped on the treadle of the wheel, and the gray eyes looked in amazement at the speaker. A Sister's Love A Novel When a bird stepped on the treadle, it tripped the snare and a loop closed about its feet, hoisting it aloft. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Press back on bottom of slanted stick and place your treadle against the stick. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps The treadles remained connected, but could be operated in the forward direction only. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 A gentle pressure upon the treadle will allow the hammer to go down slowly, but it will stop and remain suspended at any point as soon as the pressure is removed. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Again she made no reply, but the treadle of the spinning-wheel broke in two with a snap; she sprang up, and pushed back the stretchers. A Sister's Love A Novel Such snares were made of heavy nylon string tied to a sapling, held down by a nylon string attached to a treadle. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Make V shape on inside of treadle by driving stakes in the ground, cedar or pine, and hedge it in tight all around. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Behold her now, running seams on the old-fashioned treadle machine, with bent back and long, pointed chin poked forward over the needle. The Daughters of a Genius This piece serves to regulate the number of revolutions of the screw for each tread of the treadle b′.” Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The needle was moved downward by the depression of a cord-connected foot treadle and was raised by the action of a spring. The Invention of the Sewing Machine In the first, the pressure is applied by a handle or treadle, and is removed by a spring or weight; this is called “braking on.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Cover the top tight, the cubby should be 3 feet long, 3 feet high and wide as your treadle stakes. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps She put her foot to the treadle and started the wheel. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales It is provided with an index wheel for milling squares, hexagons, or octagons, and the pen for the index wheel is operated by treadle. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z He developed a wooden packing case which doubled as a stand for the machine and a treadle to allow it to be operated by foot. The Invention of the Sewing Machine I thought of them when operating the treadle of my sewing-machine at the factory, and I hurried home more expeditiously than aforetime, to enjoy even the brief autumn twilight among my strawberries. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 Be sure the treadle is just above the bed piece. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps I offered to assist by putting my foot on the treadle, but he said it was not necessary. Aliens A spring enclosed in the box u causes it to revolve, and winds up the slack of the cord whenever the treadle is relieved. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Because of the dimensions of the packing case, Singer put the pivot of the treadle toward its center, about where the instep of the foot would rest. The Invention of the Sewing Machine Brian went over and began carelessly working the grindstone with his left foot on the treadle. Under Padlock and Seal You can set it heavy or light by regulating the treadle. Deadfalls and Snares A Book of Instruction for Trappers About These and Other Home-Made Traps Sometimes a boy sits up top and shifts things, sometimes they have six or eight foot treadles. Letters from China and Japan A foot feed is provided by means of the treadle, and a hand feed by means of the lever, the weight of the work table being balanced by means of the ball weight shown. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z This produced the heel-and-toe action treadle, a familiar part of the sewing machine until its replacement by the electric motor. The Invention of the Sewing Machine The girl rose, walked over to it, and put her foot on the treadle. Under Padlock and Seal Here were the big cutting-out table, the treadled sewing machine, three or four chairs, many fragments of material, several half-made garments, and, upon the walls, a number of coloured prints from fashion papers. Coquette He had such a cunning expression on his face, and seemed so strangely inquisitive, with eyes riveted on my treadles, that I didn't quite like the look of him. Miss Cayley's Adventures Revolution is given to the screw by means of the treadle b′ and the cord y, which runs over the guiding screw w, Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Singer also added a flywheel to smooth out the treadle action and later an iron stand with a treadle wide enough for both feet. The Invention of the Sewing Machine For a moment Peg was silent, treadling away busily at her machine, and Faith stole a timid glance at her. The Beggar Man We saw that it was vain to expect our slow fingers to compete with the lightning-like velocity attained by simply putting the foot upon a treadle. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 The low bent head with its soft wavy hair held her earnest attention, the bending figure, so lissome, yet so frail as it swayed to the motion of the treadle. The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country When we put our foot on the treadle his jaw shall drop and he shall utter many mocking words about the “national honor” and the “prospects of our glorious country”—signifying nothing. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 The treadle had been in use for two years before a rival pointed out that it might have been patented. The Invention of the Sewing Machine In other cotton rugs which he has seen, the warp threads were placed horizontally, and the loom was without treadles and reed. Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference The needle of a sewing machine goes up and down many times to each stroke of the treadle. Common Science This platform could be raised and lowered by the foot, by means of a treadle. Rural Life and the Rural School Women often own and use small hand-machines, but the treadles are always used by men only. The Soul of a People Powered by a single, foot-shaped treadle that was connected by a removable wooden pitman, it also could be turned by hand. The Invention of the Sewing Machine I found it a difficult task, as I had to sit in a cramped position; and the slippery treadles of round bamboo polished by use were hard to manage. An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China As wheels are made now, the potter sits at his work and turns the wheel by means of a treadle. Makers of Many Things A lever and gear worked by a treadle on the footplate controlled the position of the eccentrics. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use There are small machines of this type built for one person, who operates the belt mechanism by means of a treadle. All About Coffee In 1866 Folsom devised a new treadle attachment for hand-operated machines; the invention was featured in Scientific American, volume 14, number 17, with a Globe machine. The Invention of the Sewing Machine Then holding it with one hand, and rolling the wheel with the other, he kept his foot rising and falling, just as if he were at work with a genuine treadle. The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers He puts his foot on the treadle of the even threads and sends the shuttle back over the even and under the odd. Makers of Many Things The warp is arranged in the loom, and the weaver sits on the floor and uses her hands and feet, the latter working the treadles. Children of Borneo Combining one motion with another—for example, a treadle and crank converted alternating circular to continuous circular motion—he devised a system that supplied a frame of reference for the study of mechanisms. Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt The machines were provided with a hand crank, but were also meant to be operated by a belt and treadle. The Invention of the Sewing Machine The several trades taught in the prison were as follows, and none of them were dangerous to health except the cement-sifting by females on treadles, which had to be discontinued:— Bricklayers and plasterers. Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 The weaver puts his foot on the treadle of the odd threads and presses them down. Makers of Many Things Thimonnier's device was a chain stitch sewing machine worked with a treadle. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) In one corner stood a grindstone operated by a treadle. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Using two threads—both taken directly from the spool—to form a chainstitch, the machine was operated basically by treadle but also by hand. The Invention of the Sewing Machine When she sat spinning at her wheel behind the layers of gauze, and Faust saw her in his dream, her legs shook so that she could not work the treadle. Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty Make the weaver's chair all ready, For the damsel fix the treadle, Lay her hand upon the batten. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The simple little garments had but two seams, and setting the machine stitch rather long, Patty whizzed the little white slips through, one after the other, singing in time to her treadle. Patty's Success I can work the treadle with my foot, while I stand backward to it. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Additional patents were also granted to James Willcox for a leg and treadle design and to Charles Willcox for mechanical improvements. The Invention of the Sewing Machine See, you put your foot on the treadle so, to turn the wheel, and you twist the flax with your fingers so. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Collectors eagerly secure anything in the way of a genuine antique wheel, although the fastidious have the choice of two distinct types—those worked by hand and those operated by a treadle. Chats on Household Curios He had his foot on the treadle, but hesitated. The Man Who Knew Then he turned his back to the machine and put his foot on the treadle. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Figure 64.—The treadle of the machine was also used to help create music. The Invention of the Sewing Machine Two rollers, about the size of a spool of thread, one above the other, horizontal, just touching, are turned in opposite directions by two upright fly-wheels, moved by a single treadle. Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) Down the white ribbon of road the Virile Benedict of the Libraries came bicycling, treadling easily from the ankles. Once a Week One Elite employee, at the pressing machine, took his foot off the treadle and steam billowed wildly. The Ambulance Made Two Trips In the sewing room, he remembered, in the drawers of the treadle machine the radio was captured. The Last Place on Earth Unlike the Atwater, however, the Monitor had a double drive from the hand-turned wheel, which was grooved for operation with belt and treadle. The Invention of the Sewing Machine Arrived at the bottom of the hill the hilarious youth put his feet to the treadles, and drove the machine vigorously up the opposite slope. The Eagle Cliff Miss Thusa did not rise, but suffering her foot to pause on the treadle, she pushed her spectacles to the top of her head, and looked round upon her unexpected visitors. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel With quick variability she drew a low stool near an old spinning-wheel, placed her foot on the slender treadle and twisted the golden flax in imitation of the way Aunt Maria had once taught her. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' The treadle is connected to the bellows by a small steel chain, for the length requires to be invariable. On Laboratory Arts An additional charge of $12 was made for a table and treadle. The Invention of the Sewing Machine The weaver, with foot on treadle, sits on a narrow, high bench, which is fastened from post to post of the loom. Home Life in Colonial Days Little Helen, take your feet off the treadle, and don’t sit so close, darling. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel At that time I have had some success with a box trap treadled by an electric contrivance instead of figure 4. Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 It required the merest touch on the treadles to send them skimming along like skaters on smooth ice, or swallows flying low. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure The machine illustrated is a standard lockstitch machine, which would have been set into a sewing-machine table and operated by a treadle. The Invention of the Sewing Machine Seated at the small flax-wheel, the spinner placed her foot on the treadle, and spun the fibre into a long, even thread. Home Life in Colonial Days “Please stop spinning Miss Thusa, and tell me a story,” said the child, venturing to put her little foot on the treadle, and giving the crank a sudden jerk. Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel “Ready, Dis?” said Gil, who had hold of his lever, and foot on the treadle he had to work. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias He gave the treadle a thrust that sent him off like an arrow from a bow. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure They used to be very common in the streets, joining the wheels of the knife-grinders’ barrows, and now in almost every house they are seen in the domestic treadle sewing-machine. Patience Wins War in the Works The treadles, as I have said, were very long; the brake did not always act, and the steering apparatus was stiff. The Master of the Shell The Grindstones.—It is better to get a first-class stone, which may be small and rigged up with a foot treadle. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations And over these went the whirr of machinery, beat of treadles, throb of engines, or the silence of forced idleness, or of the disease of dereliction. Christmas A Story If Welland’s feet had been on the treadles he must have turned a complete somersault. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure And just now it was that his left hand, fumbling over the foot of the sewing-machine treadle, ran against a familiar bit of steel wire. Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches To my left was the window, to my right the fire; at each side of my chair the doors of the machine walled me in as I sat working the treadles. Real Ghost Stories This crank is connected up by a pitman rod, with the triangularly shaped treadle frame. Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations The creak of the treadle, and the thump, thump of the batten, punctuated, as it were, her consolatory disquisition. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories I am that miserable when I'm turning that horrid handle and pressing that treadle up and down, up and down, as no words can say. Sue, A Little Heroine The weaver at his loom is sitting, Throws his shuttle to and fro; Foot and treadle, Hand and pedal, Upward, downward, hither, thither, How the weaver makes them go: As the weaver wills they go. Poems Teachers Ask For, Book Two The pitman is reciprocated by a simple treadle motion, which will be readily understood by reference to Fig. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures When he went into it that morning, he found the treadles under water, and thought he had better give himself the play. Alec Forbes of Howglen Then he heard the thud of the music book on the organ, the creak of the treadle,—and when he returned to consciousness he was Mrs. Mason's son-in-law, and proud of it. A Certain Rich Man This spring is lowered and the knife blade raised by means of a foot treadle; a strip of hemp is laid on the block; the foot pressure is removed, and the knife descends. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition Nancy did not answer but set the treadle to its duty. The Shield of Silence "I'm nobody's fool," she said, as she guided the cloth, snapped the thread, and rocked the treadle of the sewing machine; and she sang to herself from morning to evening. Autumn I remember looking down toward the river and seeing two men working their treadles boring for oil upon the banks of the stream, and inscribed upon their flag was "Hell or China." Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie McHurdie gave his treadle a jam and swayed forward over his work and answered, "Marry in haste—repent at leisure." A Certain Rich Man All the clutch levers, break treadle, and handles are brought together, so that one man has the crane under his entire control. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 The treadle piece consists of a forked branch, about three feet Page 19 in length, supplied with a square board secured across its ends. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making When proudly seated on it, In pomp of pride and power, His foot upon the treadle, With motion staid and slow He turned upon his axle, And made the big thing go. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors That web is warped With human entrails, And is hard weighted With heads of people; Bloodstained darts Do for treadles, The forebeam's ironbound The reed's of arrows; Swords be sleys39 For this web of war. Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time or, The Jarls and The Freskyns Mohammed has a Western head on Eastern shoulders, and there was not a screw or tension from treadle to shuttle, which he did not learn the use of. Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children Silent awhile were its treadles, at rest was its diligent shuttle, While the monotonous drone of the wheel, like the drone of a bagpipe, Followed the old man's song, and united the fragments together. Evangeline with Notes and Plan of Study Before nailing the boards together, the holes thus left in the bottom board should be supplied with a treadle platform, working on central side pivots. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making View Illustration Enlarged Presently Mam' Sarah took her foot off the treadle, went to the fire-place, lit her pipe, returned to her seat and puffed away in peaceful silence. That Old-Time Child, Roberta Well, mugs will keep spouting it still; But wot is it to me and my mates, treadles loose, and a-chargin' down 'ill? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 Truly the fabric of mental fleece Resembles a weaver's masterpiece, Where a thousand threads one treadle throws, Where fly the shuttles hither and thither. Faust It was in this mood that he opened the kitchen door, just as Rotha had put her foot on the treadle and taken the flax in her hand. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance The board for this treadle should be much thinner and lighter than the rest of the trap, and should fit loosely in place, its surface being slightly below the level of the bottom board. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The weavers at the loom were petrified; even the creak of the treadle and the noisy thumping of the batten—those perennial sounds of a pioneer home—sunk into silence. The Frontiersmen Those run by a treadle are preferable to those run by a hand crank, because they leave the child's hands free to guide the work. Study of Child Life Then the little "treadle wheel" that turned with a pedal made baskets of spools for the "filling." History of Kershaw's Brigade Never tell stories, I; 'tis my sole business This Wheel to turn with treadle and cry, 'Knives and Scissors to grind O!' Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 31, 1891 The bait should be rested in the centre of the treadle platform. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making I could see him straining along endless cinder-paths and highroads under hot suns, his great knees going up and down like treadles amid the plaudits and howls of vast populations. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories She made coats from morning till midnight at a big machine with a massive treadle, and had pains in her chest even before she fell in love with Pesach Weingott. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People All the days before Christmas her bare feet on the treadle keep the wheels whirring. Lighted to Lighten: the Hope of India While the uncle stopped treadling and held the blue-tailed shuttle in his hand, the breathless little boy told him that the field was finished. What's the Matter with Ireland? The speed is always in direct proportion to the pressure exerted upon the treadle, and a single stitch can be made at will. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 You stood before this and turned a large wheel at the left to start it, after which you kept it going with one foot on a treadle. The Wrong Twin Becky had set the treadle going madly and was pushing a piece of cloth under the needle. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People A few gin houses were equipped in the later decades with steam power; but most planters retained the system of a treadle for each pair of rollers as the surest safeguard of the delicate filaments. American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime It was one of that sort that's stuck on a wooden table with a treadle arrangement underneath. Bullets & Billets The operators, relieved of the treadling, maintained a much better working condition; and altogether the introduction of power driving, once well tested, became a necessity. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 The only accommodation for the traveller is a little bicycle seat, from which the aeronaut will direct his motor and steering gear by means of treadles. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation A coarse bouncing full-figured young woman, with frizzly black hair, paused, with her foot on the treadle of her machine, to stare at the newcomer. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People At the very threshold he turned to say, "Your spinning wheel wants a new treadle, Mother." Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates She perched on the stool and treadled at her machine all day, turning out collars, the name of whose brand could be noted for its irrelevancy to anything in connection with collars. Maggie, a Girl of the Streets Their contact and separation are controlled by a lever worked by a very slight movement of the treadle. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Our own George III. was a good turner, and was learned in wheels and treadles, chucks and chisels. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers "Oh, now, really I didn't notice you," said she, taking a few turns of the treadle and steering the machine across to them. Beyond the City In the strenuousness of his concentration he treadled fitfully on the floor. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Their feet never off the treadle from year's end to year's end. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I But the age of treadles in the great manufacturing trades is a thing of the past. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 The clutch also gives rise to what is considered by most riders a grave defect, the inability to back treadle, while the free pedal, which is an immediate consequence, is considered by others a luxury. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 Silent awhile were its treadles, at rest was its diligent shuttle, While the monotonous drone of the wheel, like the drone of a bagpipe, Followed the old man's song and united the fragments together. The Children's Own Longfellow Up and down the treadles go: Takes for web the world's long ages, Takes for woof its kings and sages, Takes the nobles and their pages, Takes all stations and all stages. Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Why has I sat here an' worked my treadle like a slave this forty year an' more?—sat still an' looked on at him over yonder livin' in pride an' wastefulness—why? The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I The first band is left rather loose, and the machine is set in motion by the tightening of this band through the depression of the treadle. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 For some particular gradient it will be perfect; on a steeper gradient the treadles will be further in advance, but with a steeper gradient the rider should be more over the front of the treadles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 They use only the ancient spindle turned backwards and forwards by a treadle or by the left hand while the right guides the chisel or turning-tool, which cuts only half the time. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Weaver at his loom is sitting, Throws his shuttle to and fro; Foot and treadle, Hand and pedal, Upward, downward, Hither, thither, How the weaver makes them go! Sanders' Union Fourth Reader Howe, Lowell, Mich. I claim the treadle, G, and spring bail, E, in combination with the rollers, B and C, the same being used as and for the purpose specified. Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. The speed varies in proportion to the pressure applied, and the sensitiveness of the arrangement is increased by a brake device coming into play by the reversal of the treadle as before. Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 Looking in the cottages you may see, generally within a few feet of the door, one of those ingenious weaving machines that are worked with a treadle, and take up scarcely any space at all. Normandy, Illustrated, Part 2 A treadle is provided which instantly releases both jaws upon the completion of the weld. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon The wedge had dropped out, and the step revolved like the treadle of a fox-trap. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War There was one case of a man who all day long did little but step on a treadle release. My Life and Work Isak is suddenly lost in wonder and delight over a little machine that works with a treadle—simply move your foot and it works. Growth of the Soil Nevertheless, mounting the last slope was such hard labour that Mugford had to turn to and "work his passage," by every now and again taking a spell at the treadles. The Triple Alliance Its trials and triumphs The clamps are applied by treadles convenient to the foot of the operator. Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon Now pour in some oil from the lip of the flask; but not upon the treadle, you old blockhead. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War Sara proved an apt learner, and soon was making the treadle fly, while her hostess, seeing her well underway, ran down-stairs for a time. Sara, a Princess These are wooden cylinders of extremely small diameter, within which the cotton passes, and which are made to turn by a treadle. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Not even her difficulties with the organ—such as forgetting occasionally to treadle, or having the keys pop up soundlessly from under her fingers—could mar that feeling. Missy The treadle refuses to have any part or parcel in the performance; and I don't know how to get the roller to turn with the paper. Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) As she sat there hour after hour, sometimes seven hours to the day, working the heavy treadle, and slipping the shuttle back and forth, she gazed with tender yearnings at the solemn, shining summit. Ramona The man behind the counter put his foot upon the treadle. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English In the workshop on the farm was a fairly good grindstone; only the treadle was broken and Hiram had to repair this before he could make much headway in grinding the axe. Hiram the Young Farmer New sewing-machines were bought, and the fall of the stream from the lake was taught to run the treadles. The Brick Moon and Other Stories Silent awhile were its treadles, at rest was its diligent shuttle, While the monotonous drone of the wheel, like the drone of a bagpipe, Followed the old man's songs and united the fragments together. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow One large bruise on the shin is even more characteristic of the 'prentice cyclist, for upon every one of them waits the jest of the unexpected treadle. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll Had he not better get off at once and pretend something was wrong with his treadle? The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll He resumed the treadles, staring away before him, jolted over a stone, wabbled, recovered, and began riding faster at once, with his eyes ahead. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll They would not stretch out; they would keep going round and round as if they were on the treadles of a wheel, so that he made the smallest steps conceivable. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll Then the road rose quietly but persistently; the treadles grew heavy, and Mr. Hoopdriver's breath sounded like a saw. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll He missed the treadle once and swore viciously, to the keeper's immense delight. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll He looked sideways at her as she sat beside him with her ankles gracefully ruling the treadles. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll |
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