Also, on this day in 1764 The Sugar Act passed in Britain, placing new restrictions on the import of molasses to America.
In 1806 Isaac Quintard of Stanfield, Connecticut received a patent for an apple cider mill.
In 1864 George W. Brown of Galesburg, Illinois, received a patent for the first successful mechanical corn planter.
In 1881 Edwing Houston and Elihu Thomson patented a centrifugal separator, which could be used in separating milk.
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