Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1892 — Inventions and Their Dates. [ARTICLE]

Inventions and Their Dates.

Stem-winding watches were Invented by Noel. 1851. Aerometers were first described by Baame in 1768. English books were first printed by Caxton in >174. The first plaster cast was made by Verrochio, 1470. Alcohol was discovered in the thirteenth century. The thermometer was the Invention of Galileo, 1596. The first cast-iron plow was made by Newbold in 1797. The first iron wire was drawn at Nuremberg in 1351. Covered carriages were first used in England in 1580. The torpedo was the invention of Dr. Bushnell in 1777. The steam fire engine was the work of Ericsson, 1830. Roller skates were invented by Plympton in 1863. Gun caps were first used in 1822, in the English army. Aniline dyes were discovered by Unverdorhen in 1826. The knitting machine was invented by Hooton in 1776. The Armstrong gun was planned by Armstrong in 1855. Flints for gun locks were used in the French army, 1630. Bayonets were first made at Bayonne, France, 1647. The iron blast furnace was the work of Detmold in 1842. Cobn-shellebs were the invention of Phinney in 1815. The planing machine wm the work of Woodworth in 1828. The mariner's compass was a Chinese invention, 1200 B. C.—St. Louis GlobeDemocrat.