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Francis C Baker

Male 1854 - 1862  (7 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1854 
  • 1854: John Tyndall demonstrates the principles of fiber optics.
1855 
  • 1855: Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine motor.
1856 
  • 1856: Louis Pasteur invents pasteurisation.
1857 
  • 1857: James Buchanan president of the USA 1857-1861.
  • 1857: George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel.
1858 
  • 1858: Jean Lenoir invents an internal combustion engine.
  • 1858: Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine.
1861 
  • 1861: USA Civil War begins.
  • 1861: Abraham Lincoln president of the USA 1861-1865.
  • 1861: Elisha Otis patents elevator safety brakes, creating a safer elevator.
  • 1861: Linus Yale invents the Yale lock or cylinder lock.
1862 
  • 1862: Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic.
  • 1862: Dr. Richard Gatling patents the machine gun.