Older Than deck / Inventions and everyday things
Lockstitch sewing machine (Howe)
Patented
1846
Elias Howe’s machine locked two threads together in each stitch.
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“1846”US National Archives: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
“1846”National Inventors Hall of Fame: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
“1846”EBSCO Research Starters: source, retrieved 2026-10-21; quote re-found by the server check
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