Gameday Thread, #119: 8/12 @ Rockies

By Jim McLennan@AZSnakepit Aug 12, 2019, 8:00pm EDT

Isaac Merrit Singer’s (American inventor) first sewing machine, patented 1851. From Genius Rewarded or the Story of the Sewing Machine, New York, 1880.Wood engraving.

August 12 - 1851: U.S. - Isaac Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine ~ not the first, however, its success was based on an available payment plan. #history
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