A CALENDAR OF PROGRESS.
The first steamboat plied the Hudson m 1807.
The first telescope was used m England m 1608. The first watcher were mado m Nuremburg m 1477.
The first newspaper advertisement appeared m 1652. The first copper cmt was coined m New Haven m 1687.
The firs'; glass factory was built m the United State* m 1780.
The first printing press In the United States was worked la 1620.
Percussion arms were first used m the United States army m 1830.
Gla«s windows were first introduced iuto England m the eighth century. The firat complete sewing machine was patonted by Ellas Howe, Jr., iv 1846.
The first telegraphic Instrument was successfully oparatod by S. F, B. Morae, the inventor, m 1835, though its utility waa not demonstrated to the world until 1842.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1493, 26 February 1887, Page 3
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135A CALENDAR OF PROGRESS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1493, 26 February 1887, Page 3
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