A breakthrough came from Elias Howe, a Massachusetts mechanic who believed his invention would bring him fortune. In 1846, he patented a design using a lockstitch, a method that used both a top ...

The Inman Eats & Crafts Makers Market set for Sunday celebrates the many creative people and organizations that call Cambridge home. As part of the festival, History Cambridge offers visitors the ...

Numerous experiments succeeded this invention, but they failed to produce anything practical until the Autumn of 1846. In September of that year, ELIAS HOWE. Jr., to whom, in the language of the ...

THE granting of patents in the United States was provided for in the Constitution, and on April 10, 1790, Congress specified how patents were to be issued. It was, however, not until an act of ...

During the end credits, a rather bizarre acknowledgement appears one that made little sense to those unfamiliar with the lore behind the creation of household appliances. “This film is respectfully ...

It remained for Elias Howe to make ... invention and development of the sewing machine should have come about ... one of the first six of the 1846 type machines, which were made by Howe.

On September 10, 1846, Elias Howe was awarded the first U.S. patent for a sewing machine using a lockstitch design. Even though Howe was a poor businessman, he did go on to enjoy the benefits of ...