jan 1, 1846 - Inventions 1846
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In the United States, Elias Howe invents a "lock-stitch" sewing machine.A patient in Boston is given ether as an anesthetic, a revolution in surgical practice.
In Belgium, Adolphe Sax invents the saxaphone.
In Italy, Ascanio Soberero discovers how to make nitroglycerin.
Cholesterol is discovered in blood. It will be more than a hundred years before it is a widespread concern.
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jan 1, 1846
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~ 179 years ago