The Firsts

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    the first medicine of it's kind

    the first medicine of it's kind
    Biography Though extremely well known in modern Chinese medicine and considered one of the finest Chinese physicians in history, very little is known about his life.[1] According to later sources, he was born in Nanyang, held an official position in Changsha and lived from approximately 150 to 219 AD.[2] Exact dates regarding his birth, death and works vary,How did this change our lives? Why was important?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Zhongjing
  • first movie

    first movie
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    The beginnings of mechanical television can be traced back to the discovery of the photoconductivity of the element selenium by Willoughby Smith in 1873, the invention of a scanning disk by Paul Gottlieb Nipkow in 1884 and John Logie Baird's. How was it important?
  • SNOW WHITE the first

    SNOW  WHITE the first
    Snow White" is a German fairy tale known in many countries in Europe, the best known version being the German one collected by the Brothers Grimm in 1812 (German: Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"). The German version features such elements as the magic mirror, the poisoned apple, the glass coffin, and the seven dwarfs, who were first given individual names in the Broadway.How was it important?
  • first game ever created

    first game ever created
  • The First Standing Mixer

    The First Standing Mixer
    A mixer is a kitchen appliance intended for mixing, folding, beating, and whipping food ingredients. Mixers come in two major variations, hand mixers and stand mixers. A hand mixer, as the name implies, is a hand-held mixing device. The modern electrically powered type consists of a handle mounted over a large enclosure containing the motor, which drives one or two beaters.how was it important?
  • The first sewing machine

    The first sewing machine
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    Elias Howe's lockstitch machine, invented 1845 A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch fabric, cards and other material together with thread. Sewing machines were invented during the first Industrial Revolution to decrease the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies. Since the invention of the first working sewing machine, generally considered to have been the work of Englishman Thomas Saint in 1790,[1] the sewing machinestly
  • The first printer

    The first printer
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    Printing press from 1811, exhibited in Munich, Germany
    Stanhope press from 1842
    Part of a series on the
    History of printing Woodblock printing (200) Movable type (1040) Printing press (1454) Etching (ca. 1500) Mezzotint (1642) Aquatint (1768) Lithography (1796) Chromolithography (1837) Rotary press (1843) Offset printing (1875) Hectograph (19th century) Hot metal typesetting (1886)
  • the first tv

    the first tv
    Jump to: navigation, search The history of television records the work of numerous engineers and inventors in several countries over many decades. The fundamental principles of television were initially developed using electromechanical methods to scan, transmit and reproduce an image.how was it important?
  • the first fish tank

    the first fish tank
    In 1836, soon after his invention of the Wardian case, Dr. Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward proposed to use his tanks for tropical animals. In 1841 he did so, though only with aquatic plants and toy fish. However, he soon housed real animals. In 1838, Félix Dujardin noted owning a saltwater aquarium, though he did not use the term.[4] In 1846, Anne Thynne maintained stony corals and seaweed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium
  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal
    Work on the canal, which began in 1881, was completed in 1914, making it no longer necessary for ships to sail the lengthy Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of South America (via the Drake Passage) or to navigate the dangerous waters of the Strait of Magellan. One of the largest and most difficult engineering projects ever undertaken, the Panama Canal shortcut made it possible for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in half the time previously required. The shorter,