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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1856 | - 1856: Louis Pasteur invents pasteurisation.
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| 2 | 1857 | - 1857: James Buchanan president of the USA 1857-1861.
- 1857: George Pullman invents the Pullman Sleeping Car for train travel.
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| 3 | 1858 | - 1858: Jean Lenoir invents an internal combustion engine.
- 1858: Hamilton Smith patents the rotary washing machine.
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| 4 | 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.
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| 5 | 1862 | - 1862: Alexander Parkes invents the first man-made plastic.
- 1862: Dr. Richard Gatling patents the machine gun.
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1856 - 1862 (5 years)