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Isaac Singer
Isaac Merrit Singer developed the first commercially successful sewing machine. Born in 1811 in Pittstown, New York, Singer spent much of his youth devoted to acting. At age 38, when his career in show business proved unsuccessful, Singer settled in New York to focus on inventing full-time.
Singer had always possessed an exceptional aptitude for all things mechanical. At the age of 19 he worked as an apprentice machinist, and in 1839 he patented a rock-drilling machine while working with an older brother to help dig the Illinois waterway. Ten years later he patented a metal- and wood-carving machine.
While working in a Boston machine shop in 1850, Singer was asked to repair a Lerow and Blodgett sewing machine; just a few days later he had designed and built an improved model. Singer's version of the sewing machine was the first to allow to continuous and curved stitching, with overhanging arm that held the needle bar over a horizontal table. This design made it possible to sew on any part of the work. Motion was communicated to the needle ar
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Jewish American author (1903–1991)
For the American inventor, see Isaac Singer.
Isaac Bashevis Singer | |
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| Native name | יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער |
| Born | Izaak Zynger (1903-11-11)November 11, 1903 Leoncin, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 24, 1991(1991-07-24) (aged 87) Surfside, Florida, United States |
| Pen name | Bashevis, Warszawski (pron. Varshavsky), D. Segal |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Citizenship | Poland, United States |
| Genre | Fictional prose |
| Notable works | The Magician of Lublin A Day of Pleasure |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1978 |
Isaac Bashevis Singer (Yiddish: יצחק באַשעװיס זינגער; 1903[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][excessive citations] – July 24, 1991) was a Polish-born Jewish-American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and translator. Some of his works were adapted for the theater. He wrote and published first in Yiddish
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Isaac Singer
American inventor and businessman (1811–1875)
For the Polish-American writer, see Isaac Bashevis Singer.
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.[2]
Many others, including Walter Hunt and Elias Howe, had patented sewing machines[3] before Singer, but his success was based on the practicality of his machine, the ease with which it could be adapted to home use and its availability on an installments payment basis.[4]
Singer died in 1875, dividing his $13 million fortune unequally among 20 of his living children by his wives and various mistresses, although one son, who had supported his mother in her divorce case against Singer, received only $500.[2] Altogether, he fathered 26 children by five different women.
Early life
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