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Leverett Asa BRIGGS

(b. 6 June 1858 , d. abt. 1932 , Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA )

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Leverett Asa BRIGGS was born 6 June 1858

Leverett Asa BRIGGS was the child of ? and ?

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Leverett Asa married Ruth Ada WHITE . The couple had (at least) 1 child. Ruth Ada WHITE was born abt. 1858 Ruth Ada died abt. 1933

Leverett Asa BRIGGS died abt. 1932 in Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA .

son of Asa Sheldon Briggs and Mary Caroline Burdick

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Leverett Asa BRIGGS married

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Children of Leverett Asa BRIGGS and Ruth Ada WHITE:

Asa Lloyd BRIGGS (b.9 December 1882, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA d. 25 January 1962, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA )
m. Mildred Pauline Amelia GIMLICH 18 September 1909 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA (Coltsville)
m. Mildred Grace EILER 8 May 1937

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1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1882 Birth of Child
Asa Lloyd BRIGGS was born 9 December 1882, Hopkinton, Rhode Island, USA (Ashaway) (Hope Valley)

Leverett Asa was 24 years old.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)