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This article contains a list of inventions by the Shakers, officially known as the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearance.Founded in the 18th century, the Shakers, a celibate sect who lived a communal lifestyle, were known for their many innovative creations in varied fields including agriculture, furniture, housework, and medicine.
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Corbett's electrostatic machine is a static electricity generating device that was made by the Shaker physician Thomas Corbett in 1810. Intended to treat rheumatism , [ 1 ] the device built up a static charge and stored it in a Leyden jar , an early type of capacitor .
According to the September 13, 1958, Utah-Idaho edition, there were 51 regional editions of TV Guide being printed in the United States. Unless otherwise noted, regional editions in the United States can be assumed to have ended with the October 9, 2005, issue, after which TV Guide began publishing national listings based on time zone.
El Ajedrecista, invention of the automatic chess by engineer and computer pioneer Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936) [44] The first stapler, designed and created in the Basque country of Spain for French King, Louis XV, in the 18th century. The staples had engraved on them the royal emblem. First cigarette.
Conversely, sister cable network TV Guide Channel (whose listings were added to the magazine after the Gemstar purchase) was relegated from the log listings to the grids in most editions. From its inception until 2003, TV Guide had offered listings for the entire week, 24 hours a day. Numerous changes to the local listings took place beginning ...
Sales of TV Guide began to reverse course with the 4–10 September 1953, "Fall Preview" issue, which had an average circulation of 1,746,327 copies; by the mid-1960s, TV Guide had become the most widely circulated magazine in the United States. [9] Print TV listings were a common feature of newspapers from the late-1950s to the mid-2000s.