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Word: seamers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1951-1951
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...vacuum cleaners, electric fans and irons. Singer makes close to 4,000 different sewers, from a child's model sewing machine (three Ibs.) to a giant industrial machine (2,526 lbs.), designs them to do everything from sewing up sausage casings to finishing casket linings. Latest gadget: a seamer that binds plastics together with an electric current instead of a needle & thread. Most of Singer's output is still in home sewing machines (most popular U.S. model: the "Featherweight Portable," priced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Globe-Trotter | 6/25/1951 | See Source »

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