WORLDKINGS - On This Day - May 22, 2022 - Abraham Lincoln receives a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions in 1849
20-05-2022
(Worldkings.org) Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
(Worldkings) Top 100 treasures of the world – P19. Double eagle - a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20.
27-04-2019
(Worldkings.org) - A double eagle is a gold coin of the United States with a denomination of $20. (Its gold content of 0.9675 troy oz (30.0926 grams) was worth $20 at the 1849 official price of $20.67/oz.) The coins are made from a 90% gold (0.900 fine = 21.6 kt) and 10% copper alloy and have a total weight of 1.0750 troy ounces (33.4362 grams).
WORLDKINGS - Old Events - June 12, 2018 - Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett in 1849
12-06-2018
(Worldkings.org) The gas mask is a mask used to protect the user from inhaling airborne pollutants and toxic gases.
WORLDKINGS - Old Events - May 22, 2018 - Abraham Lincoln receives a patent (only US President to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions in 1849
22-05-2018
(Worldkings.org) Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and perhaps its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.
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