hand-turned wheel
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Unlike the Atwater, however, the Monitor had a double drive from the hand-turned wheel, which was grooved for operation with belt and treadle.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Grace Rogers Cooper
The machine illustrated, which is designed to be operated by a hand-turned wheel, has an upper forked dog feed, and its horizontally supported spool is directly over the stitching area.
From The Invention of the Sewing Machine by Grace Rogers Cooper
