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100	1		_aScott, John
245	1	0	_aGenius rewarded
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-06-15
508			_aRichard Tonsing, deaurider, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_a"Genius rewarded : The story of the sewing machine by John Scott" is a historical account and industrial chronicle written in the late 19th century. The book explains how a practical sewing machine emerged from a long line of attempts, centers on Isaac Merritt Singer’s improvements and business acumen, and presents the Singer Manufacturing Company as a global force; its likely topic is the invention’s development, commercialization, and social impact on domestic life and women’s work. The narrative opens with Singer’s breakthrough—tightening a tension screw during a midnight trial in Boston—then surveys earlier, less successful efforts and contends that Walter Hunt originated key principles later patented by Elias Howe. It contrasts Howe’s impractical early design with Singer’s durable features, and recounts legal battles, Edward Clark’s partnership, and the formation of a powerful licensing “combination.” The middle chapters chart explosive growth in sales and a worldwide agency system, highlighting self-made managers and far‑reaching markets. A vivid tour of the Elizabeth, New Jersey factory follows, detailing foundries, forging, japanning, ornamenting, assembling, rigorous inspections, the buttonhole and needle departments, and large‑scale logistics by rail and steamer, alongside notes on worker welfare. The final chapter argues why the machines prevailed—reliability, precision, ease of use, and consistent testing—illustrated by relief purchases after the Chicago fire and by factory piecework gains, and it closes by framing the sewing machine as a transformative boon to homes and industry alike. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: John J. Caulon, 1880
653			_aSewing machines -- History
653			_aSinger, Isaac Merritt, 1811-1875
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/geniusrewardedor00newyuoft
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76314
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