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Who made the first sewing machine?

They say that some traveler, by the will of fate, ended up in one of the most remote places, remote from civilization, and there, to his great surprise, he saw a sewing machine in the home of a local leader! Somehow, the natives got it in the nearest white settlement.

Sewing means so much in a person's life that it was simply impossible not to invent some kind of machine that could sew. The only question was who could do it first. The history of the invention of the sewing machine is full of dramatic and sometimes tragic events. The first sewing machine was invented by the Englishman Thomas Saint. In 1790, he patented a machine that already had many of the features of modern machines. It was mainly intended for working with leather, but was never used, and the inventor did not derive any benefit from it.

In 1830, the poor French tailor Barthelemy Timonnier invented a sewing machine that looked even more like the modern model. It has already become practically used in France, but an angry mob of workers, who were afraid of losing their jobs, smashed the factory and broke the machines. Timonier died in poverty.

And almost at the same time in New York, Walter Hunt invented the sewing machine, which had a curved needle with an eye on the tip. This needle passed a loop of thread through the fabric, which was hooked by a second thread, forming the so-called "lockstitch". But Hunt never managed to get a patent!

The honor of obtaining a patent for the first sewing machine to come into use belongs to Elias Howe. In 1851, Isaac Singer patented his sewing machine in the United States. Between Singer and Howe, a dispute broke out about the championship, which Howe managed to win. As a result, he was able to receive deductions from almost every type of sewing machine produced at that time.

Today, of course, there are thousands of varieties of sewing machines, including special machines for sewing leather, felt hats, blankets, buttons, and many other uses.

Author: Likum A.

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