Howe

Examples

• Howe won his suit, and the infringers were obliged to pay him royalties, which, for a time, amounted to $25 on each machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• His machine was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867, and was awarded a gold medal, and Howe himself was given the ribbon of the French Legion of Honor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• By some means his brother sold one of his machines to Mr. William Thomas, a corset maker of London, and Howe was induced to go there to make stays, and his machines. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He showed it to a man named William Thomas, who became interested in it, offered $1,250 for it, and also offered to employ Elias Howe in his business of umbrella and corset maker. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Howe had the patience to wait, and in one way and another obtained the sinews of war to sue the infringers of his patents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But, although Thomas had taken a very lively interest in Howe’s sewing-machine, he did not treat the inventor well. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Almost everyone is familiar with the modern Howe sewing machine, and it will be therefore more interesting to present the form in which it originally appeared. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The industry was not successful, however, till 1836, when the Howe Manufacturing Company was formed at Birmingham, Conn. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Dr. John Neland Howe, a physician of Bellevue Hospital, New York City, formed a company in 1832 for the manufacture of pins. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• His family at home sent Howe a little money before his earnings were entirely spent, and he used this to buy passage for his wife and children back to the United States. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This concern was not successful, but in 1835 a second company was formed by Dr. Howe, who had great faith in the future of the industry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Howe sewed the seams of two woolen suits with it, one for himself, and one for Fisher, and it was declared that the mechanical sewing was so well done that it promised to outlast the cloth. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The opposition to the completed machine seemed insuperable, and Fisher, believing it to be so, at length withdrew from his partnership with Howe. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This arrangement proved Howe’s salvation, and in December, 1844, he moved into his new friend’s house. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The panic of 1837 closed the mills, and Howe found his course deflected to work in a machine-shop in Cambridge. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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