Singer didn’t invent the first sewing machine, but the one he patented on this day, Aug. 12, in 1851, was the most practical — and the most commercially viable.

Important Singer Sewing Machines . Singer sewing machines were constantly improved and updated. Since the first machines were produced in the 1850s, thousands were sold to eager c ...

HOWE's machine had but little resemblance to either of the sewing-machines made at the present time. In his, the needle worked horizontally, Instead of vertically, as it does with all machines now ...