The Story of Inventor Elias Howe
Elias Howe
Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe finally fell asleep.
One morning more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor named Elias Howe finally fell asleep.
He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into（遇到） a very difficult problem:
He designed a sewing machine all night, but he ran into a very tricky problem:
It seemed impossible to get the thread to run smoothly around the needle.
It seems impossible to get the thread to go smoothly around the needle.
Though he was tired, Howe slept badly.
Howe was tired, but he didn't sleep well.
He turned and turned. Then he had a dream.
He tossed and turned. Then he had a dream.
He dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages（野蛮人） whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine.
He dreamed that he had been captured by terrible barbarians, and their king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine.
When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before.
When trying to build a sewing machine, Howe encountered the same problem as before.
The thread kept getting caught around the needle.
The thread is always wrapped around the needle.
The king flew into a rage and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe.
The king was furious and ordered his soldiers to kill Howe.
They came up towards him with their spears raised.
They came up to him with spears.
But suddenly the inventor noticed something.
But suddenly, the inventor noticed something.
There was a hole in the tip of each spear.
There is a hole in the tip of each spear.
The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem.
The inventor awoke from his dream and realized that he had just found the answer to his question.
Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle.
He should pass the thread through a small hole in the center of the needle instead of trying to get the thread around the needle.
This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practical sewing machine.
This simple idea eventually led Howe to design and manufacture the first truly practical sewing machine.
Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way.
Elias Howe isn't the only one who has found answers to questions in this way.
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams.
Thomas Edison, the inventor of electric lights, said his best ideas came to mind in dreams.
Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre.
Charlotte Brontë also wrote about her dreams when she wrote Jane Eyre.
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