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In 1865, English doctor Joseph Lister introduced antiseptic surgery.Swede Alfred Nobel invented blasting caps in 1862.Britishman William Siemen invented the electric furnace in 1861.Also in 1861, R. J. Gatling produced the Gatling gun.John Ericcson, an American, invented the ironclad steamboat, also in '61.In 1864, Robert Whitehead, a Brit, invented self-propelled torpedoes.In 1865, American Samuel Calthrop invented the streamlined train, a modification, but an important one.
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