190th day of 2007 - 175 remaining
Monday, July 9, 2007
OK, class. Who invented the sewing machine? Elias Howe, you say?
Well, we were all taught that Elias Howe was the clever inventor; but
sewing machine. The device had already been invented by one Walter
Hunt.
patented the sewing machine.
Mr. Howe, however, ran into a lot of legal entanglements trying to get
his patent rights because of those who tried to infringe on them, such
as Isaac Singer. Maybe you know the name. In the long run, Elias Howe
won; earning over two million dollars in royalties for his
non-invention.
what would we be sewing with?
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