Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who invented Sewing machine?

  1. Philip Diehl

  2. Alexander Chizhevsky

  3. Josephine Cochrane

  4. Elias Howe
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Explanation

Elias Howe patented the first practical sewing machine in 1846 after years of development. While other inventors worked on similar devices, Howe's lockstitch mechanism was the breakthrough that made sewing machines commercially viable. Philip Diehl is associated with electric motors, Alexander Chizhevsky with biophysics, and Josephine Cochrane invented the dishwasher.

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