Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-25

the preparation and eight more In the
performance, and he invented his own
tools and introduced transferable parts
to- the gun. His contract was for one
hundred and thirty-four thousand dol
lars, and al the armories Of the coun-
try were pot upon his model.
We began TO polish crystals and pre-
cious stones here In 1s70, and the be-
yinner. Abel Buell., ma<ie the maps for
Morse's Geography.
Nearly all the knee and shoe buckles,
sleeve and vest buttons used in this
country before the revolution were
made by the natives. and not imported
from England ut all, no moro than the
old bricks which are shown rs imported
next door to every brickyard In the
colonies.
Anthracite iron wssnever made until
1881. A person was brought from
Wales who had seen the reduction by
anthracite there; . continuous blast
of ninety days with pure anthracite
and only srgilsceous ore secured q
premium OF three thousand dollars to
the promoters, which had been sub
scribed by citizens Of Philadelphia In
Isos American anthracite wns first
used in CRATE for fuel by Jesse Fell.
At Brownsville. where James q.
Blaine was born, the first nail factory
west of the Alleghenies was set up,
the workmsn being brought there
from Hagcrstown. Md, about l792.
They were handmade wrought nails.
In iss4 . great seam Of coal was
struck at Pittsburgh on the land Of
the Penns. and various kinds Of iron
manufacture was ut once begun.
A steel furnace was put up in Phi,a-
delphia in l74T. and was visited by
Warrington
An Irishman In Philadelphia built
our first steam engine la i.5s. and il
pumped water for n distillery.
II seems that Thomas Paine. the con-
trovezalist. was the first bold engineer
in the colonies. and he proposed To
make bridge over the Schuylkill
river. 20 be built without piers. with
an arch OF four hundred feet span. His
plans were carried out finally. and JEFF
fersou made complimentary mention
Of him In Paris
Stephenson. the great English eugi-
neer. said of Tom Paine's bridge over
the Wear e: Sunderland: The bold
mesa OF che attempt leads ms to wonder
at rather than to admire . structure
which. - regards IT'S proportions and
the small quantity of materials en-
pioyei In It's construction. will proba-
bly, remain unrivaied."
The location of baltimore In Mary
land IL an much due to the proximity
OF iron ore. and iron was made there
- early ~ 1872.
The furnaces In western Maryland
about the hntictsm, date 10 i7a5, and
furnished many 81 the earliest IRON
workers for Pittsburgh and the west
In ITTs there were twelve Runsmith
shops in Maryland. Of which five were
Ia Frsderichtown and two In uagers-
town and four I'm baltimore and George
town. The 1snsmiths existed ON the
eastern shore
The year Washington was born Col
Spostswoari was making iron on the
the r~esert extensive iron industry In
virgiaias he imported Germans. forges
were halt about i1sT Ina the shenan-
dcsh valley.
We hsvs bsen making combs fns oar
seiv-s hsrr la Amsriss sincs 1871. when
w~ msst- s.oo dossns la one place IA
Massachusetts,
pss&es bo~ts began ~ run fr-m
pstt~buruh ~ Csncinnssi In lTss. once
svrry fssss wsehs TOO tssts, made hal-
i~t prosf each boat armed With ala
cannon. sAssytn9 sssh . po~sd ball
Robert Patton pst~at~d = double In
eitaed pis~e NV Transportation In irs>
Wa b>gsn csiSeo printing In rrvvi-
d~ss~ dsvsos Wsshinstca's pvessiency.
. fv~nehmsn stsptlna H. who had mar
vs~s1 In tkst cosntsy. ard using The d.
vss~s he hs~w la Alsnrs, the ctoeh IN
~ pssns,d 49, imps,vtsd fsvsD c~br.ssA.
The tvessk Dspont came ~ Whining
I'm. D~l-. sisouA is0i. ass1 s<sassrae~~i
the p~aasAstnse ~ s~apssssi<r. ssd .
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