Q: Iâm 24 years old female. I have a hard lump directly under my chin, not in my throat. I have had an itchy throat and have always has a lot of phlegm. I noticed the lump three days ago. My sister has had two benign tumors removed from her throat in the last 3 years. I donât know if this is important information but I thought it would be helpful.
In 1790, Samuel Slater built the first factory in America, based on the secrets of textile manufacturing he brought from England. He built a cotton-spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, soon run by water-power.
The Menlo Laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, was to become the first research and development lab in the world. In 1879, after 1,200 experiments, Edison made a light bulb using carbonized filaments from cotton that burned for two days.