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异城风情WhoInventedtheLastingMachine
Doyouknowshoemanufacturetodayisbaseduponaremarkableinventiondevelopedbyayoungblackgeniusin1883
MatzeligerwasborninParamaribo,DutchGuiana,onSeptember15,1852
HisfatherwasaDutchengineerwhohadbeensenttothecolonytotakechargeofthegovernmentmachineshops
WhenyoungMatzeligerwastenyearsold,hejoinedhisfatheratthemachineshopsasanapprentice
AttheageofnineteenhebecameasailoronanEastIndianmerchantship
In1876MatzeligerwenttoBoston,Massachusetts
Afterworkingthereforayear,hemovedtoLynn,whereheremainedfortherestofhislife
Becauseofhisknowledgeofmechanicsandshoemaking,Matzeligerwasabletogetajobinashoefactory,operatingasolesewingmachine
Whileworkingthere,henoticedthattherewasnomachinethatcouldlastshoes
Hebeganhisplansforinventingashoelastingmachinebyclosely