Elias Howe

Elias Howe

Elias Howe, Jr. (/haʊ/; July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867) was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer.

Read more about Elias Howe:  Early Life & Family, Invention of Sewing Machine and Career, Involvement in Inventing The Zipper, Later Life and Legacy, Genealogy

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    Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
    He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are
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    He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword;
    —Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910)