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31Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures — The Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.) was a private state sponsored corporation founded in 1791 to promote industrial development along the Passaic River in New Jersey in the United States. The company s management of… …
32Gas lighting — For other uses, see Gaslight (disambiguation). Gas lighting is production of artificial light from combustion of a gaseous fuel, including hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, propane, butane, acetylene, ethylene, or natural gas. Before… …
33Timeline of steam power — See Steam engine, Steam power during the Industrial Revolution. Steam power developed slowly over a period of several hundred years, progressing through expensive and fairly limited devices in the early 1600s, to useful pumps for mining in 1700,… …
34Nain rug — A round Nain rug of average to lower precision. Nain rugs are constructed using the Persian knot and can be between 300 and 700 knots per inch. The pile is usually very high quality wool, clipped short and silk is most usually used as… …
35Oliver Chace — Born August 24, 1769(1769 08 24) Somerset, Massachusetts Died May 21, 1852( …
36Robert E. Lee (steamboat) — The Robert E. Lee , nicknamed the Monarch of the Mississippi, was a steamboat built in New Albany, Indiana in 1866. The hull was designed by DeWitt Hill, and cost $200,000 to build. [http://www.boathouse.ch/mississippi river steamers/robert e… …
37metalwork — metalworker, n. /met l werrk /, n. objects made of metal. [1840 50; METAL + WORK] * * * Useful and decorative objects fashioned of various metals. The oldest technique is hammering. After с 2500 BC, casting was also used, molten metal being… …
38Mordecai Barbour — Born Mordecai Barbour October 21, 1763 Culpeper County, Virginia Died January 4, 1846 Weston, Boligee, Greene County, Alabama Resting place Bethsalem Cemetery, Boligee, Greene County, Alabama …
39Newton-Stewart — NEWTON STEWART, a market town, in Penninghame parish, county of Wigton, 7¼ miles (N. by W.) from Wigton, and 26 (E. by N.) from Stranraer; containing 2172 inhabitants. This place derives its name from its foundation, in the 18th century, by a… …
40Tarbolton — TARBOLTON, a parish, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr; containing 2612 inhabitants, of whom 1083 are in the village, 8 miles (S.) from Kilmarnock. The word Tarbolton or Torbolton, written also in ancient records Thorbolton, is derived… …
