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Author Martha Stewart writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Isaac Merritt Singer's sewing machine was a vast improvement upon earlier versions, capable of 900 stitches a minute -at a time when the ...
Patent model for patent # 14,475, March 18, 1856 issued to Isaac Singer; A commercial Singer machine, serial no, 1627 was used as a mount for the improvement covered by the patent..