Silver standard : a periodical of 1847 / arranged, printed and originally distributed among those of this country who deal in silverware. (1907)
Meriden Britannia Company · Meriden Britannia Co., Meriden, Conn. · leaf 41
is usually regarded as avery modern invention and it is therefore in-teresting to learn that it was known in 1847.Indeed its invention dates back two years be-fore that, R. W. Thompson, a civil engineer,having patented a pneumatic tire in 1845, hisinvention differing but little from the… … the steam locomotive was still a baby in1847, it is a bit surprising to be told that anelectric car, an invention we are wont to re-gard as modern, was exhibited in that year.Electric lighting, too, was being experimentedwith in 1847, but on that subject we expectto have something to say in a…
Silver-plated ware · Trade catalogs -- Silver-plated ware
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