All posts tagged "inventions"
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17.6K3MassachusettsMr. Marconi Builds a Radio Station on Cape Cod and Comes to the Rescue of the Titanic
On Jan. 18, 1903, Guglielmo Marconi sent a message from his Cape Cod station, the first radio transmission to cross the Atlantic...
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11.0K1Religion and Social MovementsAn American in England, 1828, Is Shocked By English Drinking Habits
America’s drinking habits were changing for the better as the new country passed its 50th anniversary, at least according to a Rhode...
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8.3K4Business and LaborAmerica Gains Its First Map, the Mapmaker Gains Back His Ear
Abel Buell, an uncommonly ingenious cartographer, created the first map of the United States. But he did it only after he lost...
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13.9K10Business and LaborThomas Edison Tries To Go Camping in New Hampshire
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13.4K7Politics and MilitaryCatherine Greene, Not Your Ordinary General’s Wife
Catherine Greene was the devoted wife of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene, the mother of five children and – possibly – the...
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22.9K9Business and LaborEmma Nutt, The World’s 1st Woman Telephone Operator
When Emma Nutt reported for work at the Edwin Holmes Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston on Sept. 1, 1878, she became the...
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