[35] It is interesting to note that when William Thomas applied for the British patent of the Howe machine (issued Dec. 1, 1846), the courts would not allow the claim for the combination of the eye-pointed needle and shuttle to form a stitch, due to the Fisher and Gibbons patent of 1844. For more details on Howe's years in England see his biographical sketch, pp. 138-141. [36] The machine referred to as the London Sewing Machine is the British patent of the Thimonnier machine. This patent was applied for by Jean Marie Magnin and was published by _Newton's London Journal_, vol. 39, p. 317, as Magnin's invention. [37] The exact date is not known; however, it was prior to 1856 as the patent was included in the sewing-machine patent pool formed that year. [38] JAMES PARTON, _History of the Sewing Machine_, p. 12, (originally published in the _Atlantic Monthly_, May 1867), later reprinted by the Howe Machine Company as a separate. [39] _Sewing Machine Times_ (Feb. 25, 1907), vol. 17, no. 382, p. 1, "His [Bonata's] shop was on Gold Street, New York, near the Bartholf shop, where Howe was building some of his early machines." [40] _Sewing Machine News_, vol. 3, no. 5, p. 5, Sept. 1881-Jan. 1882. "History of the Sewing Machine." [41] Op. cit. (footnote 34). [42] _New York Daily Tribune_, Jan. 15, 1852, p. 2. [43] See Howe's biographical sketch, p. 141. [44] Op. cit. (footnote 34). Attachments A and B are copies of Judge Sprague's decisions. [45] _Sewing Machine Journal_ (July 1887), pp. 93-94. [46] _Report of the Sixth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, in the City of Boston, September 1850_ (Boston, 1850). [47] See biographical sketch, pp. 141-142. [48]_Scientific American_ (Dec. 6, 1851), vol. 7, no. 12, p. 95. [49] Ibid. (Sept. 20, 1851), vol. 7, no. 1, p. 7. [50] Ibid. (June 4, 1853), vol. 7, no. 38, p. 298 [51] J. D. VAN SLYCK, _New England Manufactures and Manufactories_, vol. 2, pp. 672-682. [52] See his biographical sketch, pp. 142-143. [53] CHESTER MCNEIL, _A History of the Sewing Machine_ in Union Sales Bulletin, vol. 3, Union Special Sewing Machine Co., Chicago, Illinois, pp. 83-85. 1903. [54] _Sewing Machine Times_ (Aug. 25, 1908), vol. 18, no. 418.