Patent 29448 July 1860 Be it known that I, Chas H Willcox, Assignor to James Willcox, of New York of the County of New York and the State of New York have invented a means of securing the correct position of the needle in the needlebar. Also their training schemes were so good that unskilled apprentices were enrolled and slowly taught their skills over a training period of five years. It was these points that were later to produce the wonderful machine collectors seek today. Willcox & Gibbs New York City Charles Willcox, who, along with Sharpe, oversaw manufacture, had few major production problems with Brown & Sharpe because they were such excellent engineers, makers of clocks, watches and measuring instruments so they were used to working with super-fine tolerances and to a high quality. One cannot but admire the beauty and accuracy of the machine's movements, and the entire absence of all noise, even when it is running at the rate of two-thousand stitches and upwards per minute. In the same year Willcox & Gibbs opened their New York sales offices to promote their machines.
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