All posts tagged "invention"
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6.3KPolitics and MilitaryRhode Island’s Little Annapolis: The PT Boat Training Center at Melville
During World War II, Rhode Island residents could hear the roar of PT boat engines from Narragansett Bay all day and see...
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4.4KPolitics and MilitaryThe Butter vs. Margarine Wars Sweep Vermont in 1900
The 1900 U.S. Senate election in Vermont pitted Governor William Dillingham against Congressman and General William Grout. As the race got nastier,...
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6.2KArts and LeisureRufus Porter, the Folk Artist Who Founded Scientific American Magazine
Rufus Porter left his mark on early New England homes with stencils on their walls and Scientific American on the coffee table....
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10.9K11Connecticut16 Fun Facts About Noah Webster, the Dictionary Writer Who Was Slightly Nuts
Noah Webster was an odd duck, a famously fussy lexicographer who not only Americanized the English language but created the idea of...
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8.0KConnecticutElias Howe, Sewing Machine Inventor, Gets a Little Help From the Beatles
Why the Beatles dedicated a film to Elias Howe is a bit of a mystery, but some of the more preposterous explanations actually...
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8.9K1ConnecticutPerkins Metallic Tractors – Connecticut’s Cure for Everything That Ails You
A reputable young Connecticut doctor went off the rails shortly after the American Revolution with an invention that supposedly cured everything: the...
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13.5K4Business and LaborLouis Prang Invents the American Christmas Card in Boston
Boston became the birthplace of the American Christmas card when Louis Prang, a failed German revolutionary arrived on its shores. Louis Prang was...
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10.3K5Arts and LeisureSeeing Boston By Streetcar on Film in 1906
Seeing Boston By Streetcar stands as one of the first films of the city ever made. It offers today’s viewer a fascinating glimpse...
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6.2K5Business and LaborAmazing Grace Hopper, the Tiny Old Lady Who Changed Our Lives
In 1946, the U.S. Navy considered Grace Hopper too old to be an officer. Thirty-seven years later, President Ronald Reagan promoted her...
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23.2K6ConnecticutThe Puritan Divorce Allows Escape From the Chain of Matrimony
When Elizabeth Luxford found out her husband James already had a wife, she went straight to the Court of Assistants in Massachusetts...
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