THE SEWING-MACHINE STORY.
That common and useful household article, the sewing-machine, has only been in practical use some sixtysix years. Bong before that, however, the foundations of the machine we use now were laid.
As far back as 1755, a doublepointed needle, with an eye in the centre was invented, and later—ini 1790 —a man named Thomas Saint devised a machine for stitching, quilting, or sewing leather. In 1830, a Frenchman invented a machine which he used in his tailoring business, but it was wrecked, owing to the dislike of an ignorant crowd. Sixteen years later the machine upon which all sewing machines arc now based was constructed. Klias Howe, an American, was the inventor. The improvement in his machine lay in the introduction <u the curved eye-pointed needle and the under thread shuttle. Up to the time of his death in JS67- Howe received over ,$1400,000 in royalties.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLIII, Issue 2337, 27 January 1913, Page 7
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