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1 | 1834 | - 1834: Jacob Perkins invents an early refrigerator (really an ether ice machine).
- 1834: Henry Blair patents a corn planter, he is the second black person to receive a U.S. patent.
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2 | 1835 | - 1835: Englishmen, Francis Pettit Smith invents the propeller.
- 1835: Englishmen, Henry F. Talbot invents Calotype photography.
- 1835: Solymon Merrick patents the wrench.
- 1835: Charles Babbage invents a mechanical calculator.
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3 | 1836 | - 1836: Samuel Colt invented the first revolver.
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4 | 1837 | - 1837: Martin van Buren president of the USA 1837-1841.
- 1837: Samuel Morse invents the telegraph.
- 1837: English schoolmaster, Rowland Hill invents the postage stamp.
- 1837: Victoria. Ruler of England 1837-1901. House of Hanover: Daughter of Edward, 4th son of George III; married (1840) Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who became Prince Consort.
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