Book tour tickets and details here.Today, the story of three inventions. The first, the sewing machine, was created by a selfish and ambitious inventor who wanted all the credit and was willing to ...

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...

We're relying on the experts to answer this one and who better than the folks from the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society? Historians of the sewing machine's early days can argue for ...

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ON Mar. 8, M. Herriott, the former premier of France, unveiled a monument at Lyons to Barth©lemy Thimonnier, the inventor of the sewing machine. Thimonnier applied for his first patent in ...