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Elias Howe was the inventor of the first practical sewing machine, and took out a patent on the first American made one. He continued pioneering work on the sewing machine, and you can read more about him at the Wikipedia post on this innovator. A link to that post can be found below. also he has a cool name.........

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Howe is credited with inventing the sewing machine in 1846. William Thomas had a patent for a sewing, quilting, stitching machine in 1790, but it was not marketed.

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