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1 | 1841 | - 1841: William H. Harrison president of the USA. William Henry Harrison succumbed to pneumonia 1841.
- 1841: John Tyler president of the USA 1841-1845. John Tyler the first vice president to succeed to the presidency due to death of a president.
- 1841: Samuel Slocum patents the stapler.
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2 | 1842 | - 1842: Joseph Dart builds the first grain elevator.
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3 | 1843 | - 1843: Alexander Bain of Scotland, invents the facsimile.
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4 | 1844 | - 1844: Englishmen, John Mercer invents mercerized cotton.
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5 | 1845 | - 1845: James Polk president of the USA 1845-1849.
- 1845: American, Elias Howe invents a sewing machine.
- 1845: Robert William Thomson patents the first vulcanised rubber pneumatic tire.
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6 | 1846 | - 1846: Mexican-American War 1846-1848.
- 1846: Dr. William Morton, a Massachusetts dentist, is the first to use anesthesia for tooth extraction.
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7 | 1847 | - 1847: Hungarian, Ignaz Semmelweis invents antisceptics.
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