This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...work. The poems of Percival first appeared in 1821, and various editions under various titles appeared until 1859, when Ticknor & Fields issued the final edition in two volumes in their blue and gold series. In art Wisconsin citizens have made notable contributions. Carl Marr, a native of Milwaukee, has achieved ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...work. The poems of Percival first appeared in 1821, and various editions under various titles appeared until 1859, when Ticknor & Fields issued the final edition in two volumes in their blue and gold series. In art Wisconsin citizens have made notable contributions. Carl Marr, a native of Milwaukee, has achieved European fame as a painter. Koehler and Lorenz are local artists whose fame has extended beyond the confines of the State. Vinnie Ream Hoxie, wellknown as a sculptor, was born in Madison; the house in which she came into the world was a log structure, and the first erected on the shore of Lake Monona. Among the promising sculptors of to-day are Misses Helen Mears and Jean P. Miner, of Oshkosh, some of whose work has been acquired for the State, and is now in the capitol. American invention is also indebted to residents of the State. The first patent ever granted to a citizen of Wisconsin was in 1842, when David Irvin filed his drawings of an improvement in saddles. The principal Wisconsin inventions since that date are the following: Typewriter, by C. Lathan Sholes, of Kenosha, in 1867. In 1870 he and his associates established the first typewriter factory in the country, on the banks of the old Milwaukee canal. Twelve machines were made here, the selling price being $125 each. "In 1873 tne machine was deemed practically perfected and taken to Ilion, N. Y., where it was first manufactured on an extensive scale and marketed as the original Remington machine." Self-spacing type, by Linn B. Benton of Milwaukee, in 1883. Milk-testing device, by Dr. Stephen M. Babcock of Madison, who presented the invention to the world. It has revolutionized the dairy industry in the United States. Reynolds-Corliss type of engine, by Edwin Reynolds of Milw...
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