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11/26/1815 |
Gas lights are exhibited at Boylston Hall. |
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1817 |
Shoemaker Daniel Darby installs gas lamps in his shop on Devonshire Street. |
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1820 |
Daniel Treadwell builds a steam-powered printing press in Boston. |
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03/05/1830 |
Local inventor applies for a patent on a self-moving cradle. |
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12/31/1836 |
Samuel F.B. Morse and Albert Vail apply for a prize offered by the federal government. |
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07/04/1837 |
Balloon ascension is held in East Boston. |
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01/31/1839 |
Charles Goodyear develops the process for the vulcanization of rubber in Woburn. |
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05/24/1844 |
Telegraph is first used in Washington, D.C. |
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1845 |
John Reece invents a machine that cuts and works buttonholes. |
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09/04/1848 |
Latimer (Lewis H.) is born in Chelsea. |
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