 While carrying on these varied and arduous undertakings Mr. Nesmith still found time to devote to mechanical study and experiment.Several of his discoveries and inventions were of great importance and value—among others the well-known machines for making wire fence and shawl fringe.Though naturally averse to mingling in politics, and never stooping to the acts by which popularity is often won, he was elected to various offices in the city government of Lowell, where his sound practical sense and extraordinary business capacity were acknowledged and appreciated by his townsmen of both parties.