Richland beacon., 1880-01-17
AMERICAN INGENUITY.
chronological Account Of Some Early In.
ventions and Enterprises.
Manufacturer and Build

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| Manufacturer and Builder
l l7S6-The first steam engine built
after the Newcomer type, for the Schuy.
ler copper mines.
1712 Another similar engine, made
for factory in Philadelphia.
17S5 Oliver Evans, OF PHILADELPHIA,
introduced steam power to drive flour
mill and a brickvard
l1S5-James Rumsey propelled a ves-
sel on the Potomac River by the reaction
of the water
17S7-Perkins invented nail cutting
machine which could make 900. 900 nails
per day.
TSS-John Fitch navigated the Della
ware River with the first steamboat. .
l'!4-N hitney's cotton gin invented.
1896 benjamin Thompson, otherwise
Count Eumiord, discovered that there
i no such thing as 4 calorc fluid, but
that heat is Il peculiar mode of motion
OF the material particles of bodies. and
thus laid the foundation of the modern
| theory ot the conservation of forces.
| l'"1 - Hcnjamin Thompson invented a
| brush n.I king machinc.
l.H-Amo> Whiitcmore introduced a
machine for making the cards used in
cotton and WOODEN manufacture. .
l1R-Robcrt Mexican patented the
first steam Saw-mill.
l13-olivcr Evans, OF Philadelphia,
| rcade the first high-pres,urc steam en-.
glnc, and built a steam carriage, which,
however, WAS no. success
1901 Col. John Cox stevens invented
the screw propeller. the irodcl of which
is still at the IIoboken On J.) Institute
for Engineers.
lS0i--Oliver Evans built paddle
wheel steamer, to ply on the Delaware
ana Schuyiklll rivers, driven by a
doibl"-ac;irg hi-h-prcssurc cpgine; also
ADAPTED for land conveyance.
1906 '."homas Blanchard, of Massa.
ch,iscttS, invented Matchmaking ma.
chine, which made $4,000 tacEs per
hour.
lS07-Thomas Blanchard made an ap-
paratus adapted for rifing gun barrels.
lSo7-Hpbcrt Fulton travelled with
his first steamboat from New York to
Albany.
1907 Oil cloth for floor carpeting first
made in Philadelphia.
lSO1-John Redford invented and
manufactured mctal-bound boots and
shoes.
!Sll-.John II. Hall, of Massachusetts.
invented breech-loading muskets.
lSl2-GeOrge Shocmak ker sold in Phil
adelFhia several truck-loads of anthra-
cite coal for fuel, and WAS imprisoned as
an impoStor for selling stones for coal.
lol3-Francis Q. Lowell made impor.
tant Improvements in the power loom.
1si7-GcoTgc Cly,ncr produced the
fir: American made printing PRESS.
lSlo-J.icOb Perkins introduced steel
engrayinSs as substitute for copper.
lSi?-Thc Savannah made the first !
passl.c across The Atlantic Ocean by
steam power driving paddlewheels.
l'2o Henry Burden, of Troy, N. Y,
invented the cutiyator.
lN2l-Ihe same inventor improved
rolling mills. .p,ta ..
lo2l-yordan l.. Mott invented utili.
ZauoNof email coal for furnaces
1>.2-James Mcdonald, of New York.
inv.ntod machinery for cleaning flax
and hemp.
lS2i-.Jos. Saxon invented wheel.
cutting engine. producing epicycloidal
teeth.
lS24-Ladoc Pratt established his Gel.
GRATED tanneries in the Catskills. New
York State.
lS2f-Eompletion of the Erie Canal.
The large lakes with the Hud.
son river .-.
lS2j-IIarrison A. Dyer established
the first telegraph line on Long Island.
making signals with fractional elec.
tric;;y.
lS27-Joln McClinter, of Pennsyl-
vania. Invented the slotting and shaping
m icline
ls2S-first American patent for i'm.
in locomotives granted.
iS25-firsl locomotive journey made
on the Ilonc>iale and Caibondale rail.
way, Pennsylvania.
lS2S-IIay and straw used for the first
time 70 make paper.
1893 James Ro@artlus invented the
ring flyer for spinning cotton.
lo29The same inrented mills with
cOcentric grinding surfaces.
lS52--James Bogardus invented dry
y;is meter
l33E'Ienry Burden invented his nail
making machines.
1896 James Bogardus invented q
l840 The same invented the molds to
press glass in while blowing.
lS4l-The same made improvements
N drilling machinery.
Since the conventions and patents
layc succeeded in another at q most
, .oniihing rate