The sewing machine was not perfected in one heroic flash.

Elias Howe’s lockstitch was a major breakthrough, but Isaac Singer’s improvements helped turn the sewing machine a useful tool. 

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“We must believe in free will — we have no choice.”
--Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991)
From a remark he repeated in interviews over many years; quoted by Stefan Kanfer in “City Journal” (Summer 1997)

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So August 12, 1851 was not the day the sewing machine was invented. Singer's contribution was one part of a much larger history of invention, competition, and industrialization that transformed how clothing was made.

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#OnThisDay August 12, 1851 American inventor Isaac Singer #patents his famous sewing machine

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Died #otd Isaac Singer (1811-1875), American businessman, 150 years ago today #IsaacSingerlife story...