Before the world became motorised and digitised we used animals to help us in our daily work. Although horses and cattle were the most common animal aids, one clever Victorian came up with a sewing ...

Dress designers everywhere have French tailor Barthelemy Thimonnier to thank for inventing the first functional sewing machine in 1830. But more than 170 years later, Potters Bar inventor Philip Shad ...

Digital version of the 2d ed., rev. and expanded. First published in 1968 under title: The invention of the sewing machine. Digital imaging information: Original images captured at 400 dpi in ...

Early efforts -- Elements of a successful machine -- The "Sewing-Machine Combination" -- Less expensive machines -- Appendixes: Notes on the development and commercial use of the sewing machine -- ...