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Singer Corporation is an American manufacturer of consumer sewing machines, first established as I. M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac M. Singer with New York lawyer Edward C. Clark. Best known for its sewing machines, it was renamed Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, then the Singer Company in 1963.
Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine [1] and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.
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The first machine to combine all the disparate elements of the previous half-century of innovation into the modern sewing machine was the device built by English inventor John Fisher in 1844, a little earlier than the very similar machines built by Isaac Merritt Singer in 1851, and the lesser known Elias Howe, in 1845. However, due to the ...
The Improved Family, later replaced by the Model 15, is a sewing machine produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company during the 19th century. In 1895, it was replaced by the very similar Model 15. It utilizes an oscillating shuttle, but is otherwise quite similar to the Model 27-series machines. [1] Singer Model 15
The Singer 'New Family' Sewing Machine was a transverse shuttle sewing machine produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company during the middle of the 19th century. [1] It was first issued in 1865, and continued to be manufactured into the 20th century. [2] It established Singer's reputation as a manufacturer of reliable "low arm" sewing machines.
Soundcity TV is a 24-hour Nigerian lifestyle and music channel based in Lagos [2] from Consolidated Media Associates Limited. Soundcity TV describes itself as a " pan-African urban music TV channel." Soundcity TV is a popular TV station and showcases music videos, live performances, news and interviews with popular acts in addition to ...
By the early 1840s, other early sewing machines began to appear. Barthélemy Thimonnier introduced a simple sewing machine in 1841 to produce military uniforms for France's army; shortly afterward, a mob of tailors broke into Thimonnier's shop and threw the machines out of the windows, believing the machines would put them out of work. [15]