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Isaac Singer
Isaac Merritt Singer was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.Many others, including Walter Hunt and Elias Howe, had patented sewing machines before Singer, but his success was based on the practicality of his machine, the ease with which it could be adapted to home use, and its availability on an installment payment basis.Singer died in 1875, a millionaire dividing his $14 million fortune unequally among 20 of his children by his wives and various mistresses; one son, who supported his mother in her divorce case, received $500.
Sîngerei District
Sîngerei is a district in the north of Moldova, with the administrative center at Sîngerei. The other major city is Biruința.
Isidore Singer
Isidore Singer was an editor of The Jewish Encyclopedia and founder of the American League for the Rights of Man.
Sîngerei
Sîngerei is a city in Moldova and the seat of Sîngerei District. One village is administered by the city, Vrăneşti.
Singerie
Singerie is the name given to a visual arts genre depicting monkeys imitating human behavior, often fashionably attired, intended as a diverting sight, always with a gentle cast of mild satire. The term is derived from the French word for "Monkey Trick".
Singer Island
Singer Island is a peninsula on the Atlantic coast of Palm Beach County, Florida, in the South Florida metropolitan area. Most of it is in the city of Riviera Beach, but the town of Palm Beach Shores occupies its southern tip.
Singerina
Singerina is a fungal genus in the family Agaricaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Singerina indica, found in Maharashtra, southwest India.
Sîngereii Noi
Sîngereii Noi is a commune in Sîngerei District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Mărinești and Sîngereii Noi.
Singer Improved Family
The Improved Family, later replaced by the Model 15, is a sewing machine produced by the Singer Manufacturing Company during the 19th century. In 1895, it was replaced by the very similar model 15.
Singer Nine
The Singer Nine is a car which was produced by Singer Motors Limited from February 1932 to 1937, and then again from 1939 until 1949 as a Roadster only. It was offered as a new economy model, replacing the earlier Singer Junior series.
Princess Florestine of Monaco
Princess Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette of Monaco (22 October 1833 in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Kingdom of the French – 4 April 1897 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg) was the youngest child and only daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and his wife Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Florestine was a member of the House of Grimaldi and a Princess of Monaco by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and Duchess consort of Urach and Countess of Württemberg through her marriage to Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.
Florestina
Florestina is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to Texas, Mexico, and Central America. Florestina is distinguished from Palafoxia by its 3-5 lobed leaves, whitish corollas, and cypselae which are only sparsely pubescent and with the trichomes curled (rather than straight).
Florestine Perrault Collins
Florestine Perrault Collins was an African-American photographer based in New Orleans. Out of 101 African-American women who identified themselves as photographers in the 1920 U.S. Census, Collins was the only one in the New Orleans area.