Articles on ISMACS International
Please note that many of the articles on the site are reprinted from ISMACS magazines. Some of these can be up to 15 years old and readers should remember that continuing research may well have improved our knowledge base since the original was published.
~~ Graham Forsdyke ~~
- A Brief History of the Sewing Machine
- Toy Sewing Machine Articles
- Art of Needle Making
- Almost a millionaire -- GF considers John A Greenough's claim to fame
- American Sewing Machine Patent Models
- Alternative Power
- Bachelder's Patent
- Belting
- Bribery and Corruption
- Early French Sewing Machines
- First Blind Machinist
- GF looks into the strange affair of Walter Hunt ... The man who abandoned a fortune
- Great Exhibition
- How Machines are Made
- How much is my machine worth?
- Illinois Kit
- IMCA Museum
- Mechanising the Factory
- Men Of Vision 2 (Charles Young)
- Men Of Vision 4 (T P Hill)
- Men of Vision 5 (Charles A. Dearborne)
- Museums of the World
- Notes on the Wardwell
- 19th-Century Sewing Machine Trade Cards
- Japanning
- Jenny Lind
- Odd Ball Treadles
- An Old Lady is Reborn (England's Queen)
- Our Heritage in the Cellar
- Recent Advances on Sewing Machinery
- Restoration Workshop: French Polishing without Tears
- The Care of Machines
- Saving a Lion
- Sellers' History
- The Sewing Machine Factory
- Story of Over-Edgers
- Thoughts on Family Machines
- Thoughts on Figurals
- To the Victor, the Spoils
- A Tricky Woodwork Restoration
- Rags to Riches
- Share Certificates
- Slave Girls
- Union Restoration
- Was This Really the First Electric Machine?
- William Newton Wilson
