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Posted inInvention Iron & Steam Science

Electro Gilding

The science of electricity is progressing with gigantic strides; indeed, so much is this the case, that me are unacquainted with any science which has advanced so rapidly in the…
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Posted inDaily News Invention

Something New Under the Sun

Mr. Prince, of New York, has invented a "Fountain Pen" which bids fair to prove of great utility inasmuch as one can write with it a quire of paper without…
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Disputed Invention of Adhesive Stamp

A claim is put forward for one James Chalmers of Arbroath, Scotland, who submitted specimens of adhesive postage stamps to a committee of the House of Commons in 1834. Rowland…
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