Instructions for operators of J. B. Aiken's family knitting machine. Explaining the manner in which the goods are finished up, the machine kept in order, &c., &c. ..
An 1861 instruction manual printed in New York by Baptist & Taylor for operators of J. B. Aiken's family knitting machine, explaining how finished goods are completed and how the machine is maintained. The pictures are numbered engraved diagrams of machine parts and knitted pieces: a ring-shaped gear plate with a cam, a pair of metal parts labelled h and g, a three-stage stocking shape with a heel piece, a clamp with a crank and screw, and a sectional mechanism drawing. A designer might take their clean, labelled linework and the precise technical diagram style as a model for instructional graphics.
