Baltimore

Examples

• He then laid a telegraph from Washington to Baltimore under the auspices of the United States Government, which after long hesitation appropriated $30,000 for the purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The National Whig Convention, to nominate candidates for President and Vice-President, met at Baltimore on May 1, 1844. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Bates, Manager of the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph for Robert Garrett; and Andrew Carnegie, the greatest ironmaster the world has ever known, as well as its greatest philanthropist. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The first electric railway in America was installed at Baltimore in 1885, and ran to Hampden, a distance of two miles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Magnetic Telegraph Company was formed to carry a wire from New York to Philadelphia, and thence another line was run to Baltimore in 1846. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• General Sheridan has been ordered to send a division of troops to Baltimore and place them on sea-going vessels. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• In 1815 James McMurtrie proposed the lighting of the streets of Philadelphia; Baltimore commenced the use of gas in 1816, Boston in 1822, and New York in 1825. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• On the way out to Harper's Ferry I had met Mr. Robert Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• On July 9th of that year the people of Baltimore were astounded by the appearance in their port of a submarine vessel of unusual size and novel errand. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In 1844 the United States Congress appropriated $30,000 to build a line from Baltimore to Washington, and on May 24, 1844, the notable message, What Hath God wrought? Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Vail received the message in Baltimore, and the first demonstration was a complete success. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In the absence of Hunter, General Lew Wallace, with headquarters at Baltimore, commanded the department in which the Shenandoah lay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He told me as much before I left Baltimore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Peter Cooper in the same year constructed a locomotive for short curves, for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I remember the visit of one expert, a well-known electrician, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, and who then represented a Baltimore gas company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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