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Show 1 i Making Plna and Needle. Metal pins were introduced into England Eng-land from France in 1543. Within a short time after machines were constructed con-structed in England for the manufacture of pins. "Previously they liad been Hied to a point and the head had been soldered by band. Great opposition was made to the novelty," says Felkin, "but utility and cheapness prevailed .in it favor. The common sewing needle was brought hither from India after the discovery of the route by the Cape of Good Hope. Before that time sewing was performed in the method still used by shoemakera.'' |