Rhode
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Examples
- The first American pins were made in Rhode Island, during the Revolution, by Jeremiah Wilkinson. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In 1823 Asa Arnold of Rhode Island invented a differential motion by which the velocity of the bobbin is kept uniform. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Samuel Slater, a former employee of Arkwright, introduced it to Rhode Island in 1789, and built a great cotton mill there in 1793. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Previous to that time I had been employed in the engineering department of Grant Locomotive Works, Paterson, New Jersey, and the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, Providence, Rhode Island. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Ring spinning was invented by John Thorp, of Rhode Island, who took out two patents for the same November 20, 1828. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The American Diamond Rock Boring Company of Providence, Rhode Island, bored out a twenty-four inch core from each of the great pillars, and thus relieved the danger. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The sloop putting in at Newport, Rhode Island, I visited my brother John, who had been married and settled there some years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In America in 1806 David Melville of Newport, Rhode Island, lighted with gas his own house and the street in front of it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In Connecticut and Rhode Island, they elected the governor. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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