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as early as 852, and in 1234 the first charter to dig it was granted by Henry III. to the inhabitants of Newcastle-on-Tyne. The present national colors of the United States were not adopted by Congress until 1777. The flag was first used by Washington at Cambridge, January 1, 1776. Tobacco was discovered in San Domingo in 1496; afterwards by the Spaniards in Yucatan in 1520. It was Introduced into France in 1560, and into England in 1583. Kerosene was first used for illuminating in 1826. Cork is the bark taken from a species of the oak tree. National banks first established in the United States, 1816. Introduction of homoeopathy into the United States, 1825. Egyptian pottery is the oldest known; dates from 2,000 B. C. Authentic history of China commenced 3.000 years B. C. The largest free territorial government is the United States. The Chaldeans were the first people who worked in metals. Spectacles were invented by an Italian in the 13th century. Soap was first manufactured in England in the 16th century. Julius Caesar invaded Britain, 55 B. C.; assassinated, 44 B. C. Medicine was introduced into Rome from Greece, 200 B. C. First electric telegraph, Paddington to Brayton, England, 1835. First photographs produced in England, 1802; perfected, 1841. First life insurance, in London, 1772; in America, Philadelphia. 1812. Slavery in the United States was begun at Jamestown, Va. in 1619. The highest denomination of legal-tender notes in the United States is $10,000. Postage stamps first came into use in England in the year 1840; in the United States, in 1847. The highest range of mountains are the Himalayas, the mean elevation being from 16,000 to 18,000 feet. The term "Almighty Dollar" originated with Washington Irving, as a satire on the American love for gain. The largest inland sea is the Caspian, between Europe and Asia, being 700 miles long and 270 miles wide. A span is ten and seven-eighths inches. First watches made in Nuremberg, 1476. Pianoforte invented in Italy about 1710. The value of a ton of silver is $37,704.84. French and Indian War in America, 1754. A hurricane moves eighty miles per hour. Coaches were first used in England in 1569. The first horse railroad was built in 1826-7. Electricity moves 288,000 miles per second. Modern needles first came into use in 1545. The average human life is thirty-three years. French Revolution, 1
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