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A sewing machine is an apparatus for the
mechanical sewing of cloth, leather, and
other materials by a needle, powered by hand,
treadle, or belted electric motor. The
popular lockstitch machine, using a double
thread, was invented independently in the USA
by both Walter Hunt 1834 and Elias Howe 1846.
Howe's machine was the basis of the machine
patented 1851 by US inventor Isaac Singer.
Subject by: Shaun Jay