Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut

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ARTS: Benjamin Franklin improves the harmonica, turning it into a practical musical instrument; Boswell meets Johnson for the first time; Brown University founded; Czarina Catherine the Great grants freedom of worship in Russia. SCIENCE/GROWTH: In Scotland, cast iron converted for first time into malleable iron; James Watt invents condenser, first step toward steam engine; London introduces practice of numbering houses; Potato becomes most popular European foodstuff; Louis de Bougainville discovers Tahiti, the Solomon Islands, and New Guinea; James Cook on first circumnavigation; First lightning conductors on high buildings; In England civil liberties, international free trade, textile machines, and steam power lead to an industrial revolution which slowly spreads all over the world; First public restaurant opens in Paris. </div>  </div> </div>   <div id="footer">  <div id="footertop" class="clearfix"> <div id="footercopyright"> Copyright 漏 Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut. 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