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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Sep 21, 1876

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 2, No. 40.

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Interesting Facts.

GLASS windows were used for lights in 1180.
Chimneys were first put up to houses in 1236.
Tallow candles for lights, 1290.
Spectacles invented by an Italian in 1240.
Paper made from linen, 1302.
Woolen cloth made in England, 1341.
Art of printing from movable type, 1440.
Watches first made in Germany, 1447.
Telescopes invented by Porta and Janson, 1590.
Tea first brought from China to Europe, 1501.
Circulation of blood discovered by Harvey in 1610.
Newspapers first established in 1629.
Pendulum clocks first invented 1639.
Barometer invented by Toricelli in 1535.
Steam engine invented in 1649.
Bread made with yeast 1650.
Cotton planted in the United States in 1759.
Fire engine invented in 1685.
Telegraph invented by Morse in 1832.
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