American inventor Elias Howe was granted a patent for his sewing machine. An invention which revolutionized garment manufacturing and changed everyday life in the factory, at the personal level, to country economies and in the home.
The invention process of the sewing machine involved several men over a number of years, however, Elias Howe, Jr. is ultimately considered the inventor of the sewing machine. He received Four patents were actually issued prior to Howe's, but none of those inventors was successful. Howe's innovation, in addition to the mechanical improvements to his machine, was in putting together all of the work of his predecessors, and producing a sewing machine used around the world, making him wealthy and famous in the process. More
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