The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-05-10
FOR THE SCRAP BOOK.
The First Appearance OF tho NotnbIo Tn,
VentionS OF the Country,

The First Appearance OF tho Notable In.
VentionS OF the Country.
envelopes were first used in 1899,
AnRSthCSla was discovered in 1914.
The first steel pen was made in 1890,
me 11rst alr pump was made in 1864.
Tho first lucifcr match was made IN
1898. ''>'' -
Mohammed was born at Mecca about
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$780, N''''' ii'
1893. '''''>'' -
1869. '''''N' ~
The first steel plate was discovered in
The first horse railroad was built in
1826-27. " ~ '''' -
The tranciscans arrived i'll England in
The first steamboat Piled the Hudson
in 1907.
The he optirc Hebrew Riblo was printed
in 1883. ''''>N
Ships were first cooper bottomcd" in
1888.
Gold was first discovered in California
III 184S.
The first telescope was used in England
in 1908.
Christianity was introduced into Japan
in 1549.
The first watches were mado ut Nurcn.
burg in 1477.
First saw makers anvil brought to
America in 1919.
First almanac printed by Geo. Won
Furbach in 1460.
The first newspaper advertisement m.
pearcd in 1862.
Percussion arms wcro used in tho u.
S. Army in 1880.
The first use Of n locomotive in this
country was in 1929.
Omnibuscs wero first introduced in
New York in 1880.
Kerosene was first used for lighting
purposes in 1926.
The first copper cent was coined in
New Haven in 1857.
Tho first glass factory in the United
States was built in 1880.
The first printing press in tho United
States WAS worked in 1920.
Glass windows were first introduced
INTO England i'll the eighth century.
Ihe frSt steam engine on this conti-
nent was brought from England in 1853.
Inc 1irst complete sewing machine was
patented by ELIAS Howe, Jr, in 1916.
The first Society for the Promotion Of
Christian knowledge was organized in
1893.
The first attempt to manufacture bins
III this country was made soon after mo
war of 1912.
The first prayer book of Edward VI
came into use by authority of Parliament
on Whit Sunday, 1549.
The first trmDnroDro cOoin+, =, a.: .
country was organized in Saratoga County.
| New York, in March, 1903.
The first coach in Scotland was brouoht
thlther III 1861, when Queen Mary cnmo
from France. 1t belonged to Alexander
Lord Scaton.
The first daily newspaper appeared in
! NV. The first newspaper printed in tho
United States was published in Boston en-
Sept. 25, 1890.
The manufacturc of porcelain was in.
troduccd into the province of Helm,
Japan, from China in 1913, and Helm
ware still bears Chinese marks.
The first society for the exclusive pIlr-
| pose of circulating the Biblo was organ
lzcd i'll 1905, rndcr the name of tho
British and Foreign Bible Society.
The first rclc8raphic instrument was
successfully operated byS. +. Is. Morse,
the inventor, i'll 1875, though its utility
was not demonstrated TO the world until
| 1912
The first Union flag was umGurlcd on
the 1st of January, 177G, over the camp at
Cambridge. 1t had thirteen stripes OF
white and red, and retained the Engliyh
cross IN one corner.
When Capt. Cook first visited Tahiti,
tho natives wcro using nails of wood,
bone, shell, and stone. When they saw
iron nails they fancicd them to bnShoots
OF some very hard wood, and dcsirous Of
securing such valuable commodity.
they planted them i'll their gardens.