The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-08
A Chapter on First 1ntii0s.

New Haven in 1881.
First watches were made ut Nur-
euburg in 1877.
The first omnibus was built in Paris
in 1927.
Omnibuscs were introduced in New
York in 1888.
The first college in the United States
was founded in 1886.
The first compass was used in France
in ll5O. though the Chinese are said
to have employed the loadstone earlier
The first chimneys were introduced
into Rome from Padua i'll 1868.
The first newspaper advertisement
appeared in 1862.
The first air pump was made IN lo3o
The first algebra originated with
Diophantus, in either the fourth or
sixth century.
The first balloon ascent was made in
1893
The first national bank in the Uni
ted States was Incorporated by Con-
gress, Dec 81, 1871.
The first attempt to manufacture
pins in this country was made soon
after the war of 1872.
The first printing press in the Uni
ted States was introduced in 1929.
Coaches were first used i'll England
in 1868.
Gas was first used rs an Illuminating
agent in 1902 It's first use iii New
York was in 1927.
The fist glass factory in the United
States of which we have dcfnite
1-,,r.I,I -, ,,-oG bnilt in 7-H
Gold was discovered in California
in l848.
The first use ola locomotive in this
country was in 1929.
The first horse railroad was built in
1862
The first daily newspaper appeared
in l7O2 The first newspaper IN the
United States was published i'll Bos
ton, Septemb Der %, 1890. The first
religious newspaper, the Boston Re
Corder." was established in 1915
Organs are said to have been first
introduced into churches by Pope
Nitalianus, about \. ID. go.
Tie first steel pen was made in 1908.
The first machine for carding, row
ing, and spinning cotton, made in the
United States, was manufactured in
1856.
Envelopes were first used in 1889.
The first complete sewing machine
was patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in
1916.
The first iron steamship was built
in 1880.
Ships were first copper bottomed"
in 1888
The first telegraph instrument was
successfully ope.ated 10y ). f. b.
Morse, the Inventor, in 1850, though
itssatility was not demonstrated to the
world until 1914.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
The first steamboat piled the Hud-
son III 1907.
The first society for the exclusive
purpose Of circulating the Bible was
organized in 1905, under the name of
British and Foreign Bible Society"
The entire Hebrew B ble was prin.-
eel in 1883.
rhe first society for the promotion
of Christian knowledge was organized
in 1893.
kerosene was HrSt used Tor lighting
purposes in 1926.
The first Union flag was unfurlcd
on the first Of January, l776, over the
camp at Cambridge. it had l3 stripes
of white ana red, and retained the
English cross in one corner.
The first steam engine on this cor
.inent was brought from England in
1888.
The first sawmaker's anvil was
Brought TO America in 1919
The first temperance society in this
country was organized in Saratoga
county. New York, in March, 1903
Glass was early discovered Glass
beads were found on mummies over
5000 years old
Glass windows were introduced into
England III the eighth century.
The first telescope was probably
used in England in 1903
Anesthcsia was first discovered in
1914.