The sewing machine
By: by Beatrice Siegel
Series: Inventions that changed our lives; Inventions that changed our lives
Publisher: Walker
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780802765321
Subjects: Sewing machines; Juvenile literature
Description: Text and illustrations present the invention and development of a machine which liberated people from the drudgery of sewing by hand.  The development of the sewing machine by such men as Isaac Singer is told and of the effect this invention had on society. The story of the sewing machine, its inventors Howe and Singer, and its effects on the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 54) and index.