Elias Howe Jr. was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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In Field: Mechanical Engineering, Categories
19th-century American mechanical engineers
In Group: Textile Machinery Inventors, Lead section
best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine
Invented: Sewing Machine, Lead paragraph
Elias Howe Jr. (; July 9, 1819, October 3, 1867) was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.
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