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Helen Augusta Blanchard: Achtentwintig Octrooien voor een Betere Naaimachine

Helen Augusta Blanchard: Twenty-Eight Patents for a Better Sewing Machine

Helen Augusta Blanchard uit Portland, Maine, diende tussen 1873 en 1915 achtentwintig octrooien in, waaronder een zigzagsteeksmechanisme dat een naaistandaard werd, waarbij ze betere machines bouwde door aanhoudende incrementele verfijning in plaats van één grote uitvinding.

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incremental invention
women inventors
sewing technology
mechanical refinement
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