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Sewing Machine
Lock stitch · 5,000 stitches/min
Two threads — top and bobbin — interlock inside the fabric on every stroke. A shuttle hook loops the upper thread around the lower one in perfect timing with the needle, repeated thousands of times a minute.
Key specifications
Invented
1846 · Elias Howe
Popularised
1851 · Isaac Singer
Stitches / min
1,000 – 5,000
Stitch type
Lock (2 threads)
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