The first Texas longhorns to reach New York arrive after a long trek that has made their meat tough and stringy. S.S. Brandon is built, the first ship with compound expansion engines Heinrich Goebel, invents the first form of the electric light bulb. Manuel Garcia, singing teacher, invents the laryngoscope. The Turin-Genoa railroad is opened. The Pennsylvania Railroad opens its line between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
Railroads reach the Mississippi River.
A paper mill at Roger's Ford in Chester County, Pa., produces paper from wood pulp at low cost. Philadelphia dentist Mahlon Loomis patents a kaolin process for making false teeth. Home Copyright 2000, Literary Liaisons .