Isaac Singer
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Oct 9, 2026
MaddiePANELIST
When did that happen?
SarahHOST
When did that happen? The sewing machine motor was patented by Isaac Singer.
SarahHOST
What a-
VinnieHOST
True.
VinnieHOST
Ah.
MaddiePANELIST
[laughs]
SarahHOST
Just asking when, when did that happen? What year was the sewing machine motor patented by the man whose name it still bears, Isaac Singer? Vinnie, you're first.
VinnieHOST
1843.
JeffHOST
I guess he was the robot.
JeffHOST
All right, what happened on October 9th? 1809, American Isaac Singer, he invented the sewing machine motor.
JeffHOST
Now, that was a big deal back then.
JeffHOST
Remember, pretty much everybody had a sewing machine.
Micah FrazierHOST
How dare he? 1701, Yale opens its doors in New Haven, Connecticut.
Micah FrazierHOST
1885, Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor.
Micah FrazierHOST
1855, Joshua Stoddard patents first, the first steam-powered musical instrument.
Micah FrazierHOST
1865, the first pipeline to carry crude oil is laid in Pennsylvania to carry oil refineries and shipping docks.
MarkHOST
[laughs]
Pam AshbyHOST
[laughs] 171 years ago in 1855, the sewing machine motor was patented by the man whose name still bears it, Isaac Singer.
MarkHOST
Do you sew?
Pam AshbyHOST
No.
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Elias Howe spent five years developing the first practical sewing machine and patented it in 1846.
speaker_3NARRATOR
But it was Isaac Singer's 1851 model that really made it work.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Singer's sewing machine was the one that suddenly made sense to people.
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It could make thousands of perfect stitches per minute.
speaker_4NARRATOR
If Mr.
speaker_4NARRATOR
Singer was not a great inventor, he was skillful in making practical the ideas of others, and he was a great businessman.
speaker_4NARRATOR
He, more than anyone else, aroused the world to the value of the sewing machine.
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He did this through advertising.