The first American pins were made in Rhode Island, during the Revolution, by Jeremiah Wilkinson. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
In 1823 Asa Arnold of Rhode Island invented a differential motion by which the velocity of the bobbin is kept uniform. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Samuel Slater, a former employee of Arkwright, introduced it to Rhode Island in 1789, and built a great cotton mill there in 1793. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Previous to that time I had been employed in the engineering department of Grant Locomotive Works, Paterson, New Jersey, and the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, Providence, Rhode Island. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
Ring spinning was invented by John Thorp, of Rhode Island, who took out two patents for the same November 20, 1828. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
The American Diamond Rock Boring Company of Providence, Rhode Island, bored out a twenty-four inch core from each of the great pillars, and thus relieved the danger. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The sloop putting in at Newport, Rhode Island, I visited my brother John, who had been married and settled there some years. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
In America in 1806 David Melville of Newport, Rhode Island, lighted with gas his own house and the street in front of it. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
In Connecticut and Rhode Island, they elected the governor. 亚当·斯密.国富论.