1. Sewing Machine — 2021-08-11 11:41:32

   …dustry]]:[[Domestic]]:[[1700s]] {{toc}} **Thomas Saint** took out British Patent No. 1764 on a machine for "//quilting, stitching, and sewing, and for making shoes, and other articles. . . .//" in 1790. Thomas was a cabinet maker born in Greenhill …
   …e" width="450" }} **Saint’s** device had many features of today's sewing machines. It had an overhead arm to take the stitching awl and a tensioning system. The awl pierced the material and a forked rod carried the thread through the hole, where i…
   …t would be hooked underneath and moved to the next stitching place. The cycle would then be repeated, so locking the stitch. /* By the time of this discovery others, like Singer, …

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