Procedural Recount : The Sewing Machine

Thomas Saint patented his idea for a sewing-machine in London in 1970, but the idea was not used. Then a German patented his idea for a sewing machine in 1810, but again, no body was interested in it. In 1829 a poor tailor in Paris, Barthelemy Thimonnier, invented a machine which worked and made eighty of them. As his prices were cheap, he was given a big order for army uniforms. However other tailors in Paris were afraid ; they thought that they might lose their jobs. They angry tailors broke all eighty machines. Thimonnier lost the order but continued to improve his design. He made a new machine in 1848 and this was destroyed too.

Then the story continued in USA. Various machine were patented there in 1850s, but one machine is known everywhere now; the singer. Its inventor was I.M Singer, a German Immigrant and his company made the new machines. Soon they were bouthg by clothing companies. Then in 1865 they were sold for use it at home. This time the machine was accepted by everyone and the design was not improved for many years because it was very good.

These inventions changed people’s jobs and lives. People did not like the change at first but later the new machines were accepted . is the same now ? are people afraid of computers ?

(Taken From : Stepping More for Junior High School )