Debate over who truly invented the steamboat
The piece weighs competing claims in the steamboat inventor debate. It cites John Fitch’s early trials, Smithsonian labels, and Congressional memorials, while tracing Fulton, Rumsey, Evans, Morey, Longstreet, Ormsbee, Livingston, Evans, and Shreve as contributors to steamboat development and river travel.
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Robert Sulton
Robert Fulton
New York University
America
John Fitch
Delaware River
Fulton
Hudson
Clermont
Fitch
Fitch Family Association
Hall of Fame
New York, University
National Patriotic Societies
Hudson-Fulton
Congress
Bardstown
Smithsonian Institution
Philadelphia
Iteh
Burlington
Malcom Keir
Yale University Press
Samuel Morey
New Hampshire
L Hartford
New York
Morey
Bordentown
Delaware
William Longstreet
New Jersey
Savannah River
Elijah Ormsbee
Connecticut
Cranston
Providence
Pawtucket
Return
Oliver Evans
Robert S. Livingston
John Evans
Upboken
Stevens
Benjamin Franklin
James Rumsey
Maryland
Franklin
Rumsey
General Washington
Bath
London
Bivingston
Henry M. Shreve
Shreveport
Shreve
Washington
Louisville
New Orleans
Western Newspaper Union
New Woolens Offer Bright Varieties in Sheer Weaves
A 1930 Western Newsanvier feature highlights attractive new woolens and tailored sheer weaves. Boucle yarns and frosted interwoven coatings add gloss, with bold color contrasts in tweeds and vivid accessories. Georgette tailleurs, nets, chiffons, and sheer weaves promise practical, cool ensembles for warm weather.
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Georgette
Julia Bottomley
Aniony
Germ Cultures From 26 Year Tubes Survive
Dr. Ortiz Patto reports in Modern Mechanics Magazine that germs sealed in culture tubes as long as 1208 years ago remained alive. He inoculated samples into animals to observe disease. many germs grew in the new cultures and some produced disease like the original.
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Ortiz Patto
Modern Mechanics Magazine
Potter fires candle demonstration at Fort Jennings test
Capt. Eric D. Potter of the department of experiment at Fort Jennings fired an ordinary tallow candle from a 12 gauge shotgun in a test. The candle penetrated a one inch pine board at close range in the Army and Navy Journal report.
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Eric D. Potter
Infantry
Department of Experiment
Fort Jenning
Army and Navy Journal
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Told as Child Remedy
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a soothing remedy for upset stomachs in children and a universal sweetener for acid condition. It highlights its pleasant taste, neutralizing power, medical endorsement, and long trademark history since 1875.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co
Charles H. Phillips
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