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Hardly elderly and poor American Jew Isaak Merrit Singer could assume in 1851, that in one and a half centuries his name will be known practically all over the world. The unfortunate theatrical actor, the unknown civil engineer, the inventor remained not claimed cars for drilling of a stone and raspilki a tree, - here, actually, and everything, than it could brag. Moreover a large quantity of the women "made happy" and thrown by it, and the illegitimate children vegetating in poverty.

Hardly elderly and poor American Jew Isaak Merritt Singer could assume in 1851, that in one and a half centuries his name will be known practically all over the world. The unfortunate theatrical actor, the unknown civil engineer, the inventor remained not claimed cars for drilling of a stone and raspilki a tree, - here, actually, and everything, than it could brag. Moreover a large quantity of the women "made happy" and thrown by it, and the illegitimate children vegetating in poverty.

Isaak Merritt Singer was born on October, 27th, 1811 in small town of Troys of the State of New York in a family of emigrants from Germany. Its father was karetnikom. The boy grew the hooligan. It "has literally got" all population of small town, including parents. Unless decent sons replace an onion on a neighbour's kitchen garden head over heels, dress up dogs in a school uniform and pririsovyvajut curve zero to the banknotes pulled together at the father? And passion to acting! In 12 years Isaak has thrown school and has run away to Rochester where it was arranged with a journeyman to the local mechanic. There it has quickly enough accustomed, but has soon started missing. poskitavshis on States till 20 years, young Singer was arranged with the mechanic on factory in Boston. Since the childhood he liked to make every possible mechanical features. There he has created the first inventions - derevoobrabatyvajushchy the machine tool and a power-saw bench. However commercial success was not, moreover besides "emotsio" has prevailed over "ratsio" - and young Singer has moved in actors. The beginning actor possessed gift of belief and enviable external data. However for success of it it has appeared a little.

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Having left a scene, Singer has gone the simple handyman on building of the channel of Erie. Job was very heavy, especially when it was necessary to hollow rocks manually. And in short rest-hours to Singer has come to mechanise thought this process. He has thought up a new version of a drill and in 1839 has guessed to patent the invention. What surprise of "the advanced worker-rationalizer» when all for some months the patent has brought to it the unimaginable sum - $2000 was! Alas, dumbfounded by good luck, Singer the second time has attacked a rake: on the obtained money it has organised own theatrical company which has broken up after five years.

Having appeared on beans, Singer has decided not to test any more destiny. It worked on a modest post in printing house, but thus continued to invent. It was grasped by thought to improve a type-setting machine. Specially under this project the inventor has removed a workshop where has made the working model. But to sell it and it was not possible: in a workshop there was an explosion which has destroyed the new typographical car. It was necessary to Singer to search for other workshop, and here he … has forgotten about polygraphy. The new premise belonged to the businessman trading in sewing-machines which broke very often. And Singer has taken a great interest in this problem. He has thought of elimination of this lack of all for 10 days which «have shaken the world» and have made the inventor the rich man. Singer has arranged a shuttle horizontally (thanks to it the thread has ceased to get confused); has offered a little table-board for a fabric and a needle leg-holder (it has allowed to do a continuous seam); Has supplied the machine with a foot pedal for a drive (possibility to work with a fabric two hands). These three innovations became the base scheme of the sewing machine for long years. They are protected by the huge package of patents numbering of some thousand of security documents.

"Singer's" first copy has been sold for hundred dollars. It was hardly probable not the first case in history when the first sample of a product not only has paid back all expenses for preliminary workings out, but also has made profit.

Occurrence of the first machine of Singer has coincided with a birth of its tenth child from Mary Sponsler. The first lawful wife - Ketrin Singer - already brought up two successors. However unmarried position very much irritated mother-heroine, and it reminded of it to the beloved every day. Singer kept as could, but at last has divorced with Ketrin and has legalised the difficult relations from Mary Sponsler. The happiness of lawful home life proceeded not for long. To visit the hero-lover began very soon the lovely brunette by name of Mary Makgonial: as a result of these visitings on light there were five children. Two Marys the third has reconciled, on surname Uolter. In its house the offspring carrying proud surname Merrit too ran. To split the site from three pretenders to its heart and capitals Isaak Merrit Singer could only. In 1865 it has made it elegantly and surprisingly simply: has thrown a three and married the fourth - young Frenchwoman Izabel Sommersvill. This mademoiselle is considered a prototype of a statue of Freedom in New York. (Taste at the inventor was quite good!).

And still - it possessed gift to collect round itself(himself) talented people and in the beginning of 1851 has created firm «The Singer Manufacturing Company». It began to provide with the equipment not only housewives, but also garment factories.

Singer has appeared very sensible expert in marketing for the epoch. Singer's machines began to be on sale by instalments. In some years of such trade - by 1863 - sales have grown to 20 thousand cars a year. Manufacture has been adjusted by then already at the several specially built up factories.

The grown rich Isaak Singer did not fall by then any more before participation in daily affairs of firm and has appointed the first hired president - Insli the Hopper.

The hopper has begun to embody Isaaka Singer's arrogant international plans during a life. In 1867 the company has opened the first factory outside of America - in the Scottish Glasgow. Probably, only for it Singer Ñompany it is necessary to consider as the oldest multinational company.

Isaak Merrit Singer has died at the age of 64 years a rich and dear member of the American society. Same year its child sold already more than 200 thousand cars a year.

However to the middle of 90 rates of growth of the company were considerably slowed down, and profits have turned to losses. The Singer Company has begun to translate quickly manufacture in the countries of "the third world» - Brazil and Taiwan.

In 2001 Singer's empire has noted the 150 anniversary. By then there were hearings not deprived of the bases about bankruptcy of firm, property sale abroad. But actually company Singer has gone on cunning: she has really addressed with the statement for bankruptcy, but under laws existing in the USA it gives it immunity from creditors and possibility to reform manufacture, to emphasise release of traditional sewing machines, demand on which in Brazil, South East Asia and a number of other regions is still high.

But, anyhow, and name Singer each person knows practically, and Singer's machines continue to serve correctly more than 100 million owners in 67 countries of the world.