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1 | 1830 | - Frenchmen, B. Thimonnier invents a sewing machine.
- William IV. Ruler of England 1830-1837. House of Hanover: 3rd son of George III, married Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen.
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2 | 1831 | - American, Cyrus H. McCormick invents the first commercially successful reaper.
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3 | 1832 | - Cholera epidemic claims 50 or more lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Englishmen, Louis Braille invents the stereoscope.
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4 | 1833 | - *-* Cleveland Water Company organized by Philo Scovill and several associates.
- 12 Nov 1833 - 'Night the Stars Fell.' Great Leonid meteor shower seen across most of the U.S. So many meteors fell that the sky appeared to be on fire and in the middle of the night it was not dark.
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5 | 1834 | - Henry Blair patents a corn planter, he is the second black person to receive a U.S. patent.
- Jacob Perkins invents an early refrigerator (really an ether ice machine).
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6 | 1835 | - Charles Babbage invents a mechanical calculator.
- Englishmen, Francis Pettit Smith invents the propeller.
- Englishmen, Henry F. Talbot invents Calotype photography.
- Solymon Merrick patents the wrench.
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