September 10 in Victorian History
What the Victorians were up to on this date, year by remarkable year.
1846
Howe patents the sewing machine
Elias Howe of Massachusetts receives US patent 4,750 for his lockstitch sewing machine -- the eye-pointed needle and shuttle that every machine since has used. He will spend years in court defending it against Isaac Singer. The patent makes him one of America's richest inventors.