AUTHOR: Valentin BODEA ONE PIECE OF THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SEWING MACHINE IN THE WORLD, MANUFACTURED BY HOWE, IN THE “SCIENCE AND TECHNICS” COLLECTION OF “PAUL PĂLTĂNEA” HISTORY MUSEUM OF GALAȚI Danubius, XXXIX, Galaţi, 2021, pp. 275-280. Abstract Elias Howe Jr. is considered as the inventor of the sewing machine. Four patents were issued before him,…