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                Müller 
                  No.6 It's been several 
                years now since I first noted (ISMACS News, issue no. 49) that 
                early versions of this desirable miniature featured a walking 
                foot rather than the more conventional four-motion feed. A similar 
                feature is well known on early Müller no.1 machines - see 
                patent elsewhere on site. To date I still haven't come across 
                any more examples of this earlier model.Photo top right shows the machine itself, the illustration below 
                dates from the turn of the 19th century and clearly shows the 
                walking foot feed.
 Without doubt this is a scarce machine, if further examples come 
                to my attention, this page will be updated.
 photos GD 
                Collection.
 G.D. May 99.
 
 Update - a further example was recently sold in 
                the UK and a fellow collector from Europe reports that there is 
                now one in his collection - so they are about! Get searching....
 April 2000.
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