Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1892 — Worth Knowing. [ARTICLE]

Worth Knowing.

Enveloves were first used in 1839. Anxsthesis was discovered In 1.844. The first steel pen was made jn 1830. The first air pump was made ii 1654. The first lucifer match was made in 1798. Mohammed was born at Mecca about 570. The first iron steamship was built In 1830. The first balloon ascent was made in 1798. • 1 Coaches were first used in England in 1509. The first steel plate was discovered in 1839. Ships were first copper “bottomed" In 1783.