Elias Howe
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Image:Elias Howe - Project Gutenberg eText 15161.jpg Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867) was an American sewing machine pioneer. He did not invent the sewing machine (that was Charles Fredrick Weisenthal) but, on September 10, 1846, was awarded the first United States patent for a sewing machine using lock stitch, though this was disputed in court in the 1850s, since Walter Hunt had actually invented the lock stitch some years prior, without patenting it. [1]. Elias grew up in Spencer, MA.de:Elias Howe ro:Elias Howe sv:Elias Howe
