The Invention of the Sewing Machine

Synopsis

The Invention of the Sewing Machine is a book about one of the most important inventions of 19th century written by Grace Rogers Cooper, curator of Smithsonian Institution remembered for her works of Thirteen-Star Flags: Keys to Identification and The Invention of the Sewing Machine.

This book explores the birth of Sewing machine, which pioneered the installment buying and ignited the ready-made clothing business. Unlike many inventions, Sewing machine is not a brainchild of an individual or organization, rather the fully functional sewing machine was the contribution of long list of inventors contributed with their trial and errors. Howe has been credited for most important improvements which are patented in his name.

This book describes starting from early days of stitching, the need for invention of machine which can save time and money, efforts towards inventing the sewing machine, their final usable version, hurdles in the cost of sewing machine, and the ultimate less expensive machines which created the ready-made clothing industry.

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