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John Thomas Downes 1855 - 1912

John Thomas Downes of Geelong East Australia was born in 1855 in Geelong East, and died at age 57 years old in 1912 in Foster.

John Thomas Downes
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Geelong East Australia
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1855
Geelong East, Australia
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1912
Foster, Australia
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In 1855, in the year that John Thomas Downes was born, on March 3rd, Congress appropriated $30,000 to create the U.S. Camel Corps. The idea was to use camels as pack animals in the Southwest and 34 camels were bought. But the Army wasn't enthusiastic about the idea and after the Civil War the Camel Corps was entirely abandoned.
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In 1879, he was 24 years old when on October 22nd, Thomas Edison tested the first practical electric light bulb. Lasting 13½ hours before burning out, it used a "a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires". He applied for a patent on November 4th, receiving the patent in January 1880.
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Downes, Mada (Born Aug 18, 1910) Downes, Gary (Born 1912) Downes, William (Jan 31, 1894 - Apr 1974) Downes, Alfred (Sep 25, 1915 - Nov 9, 2002) Downes, Waldo (Dec 28, 1885 - May 1973) Downes, Lloyd (Oct 24, 1915 - Jan 26, 2009) Downes, Leon (Sep 24, 1923 - Jul 29, 1984) Downes, Richard (Jul 27, 1923 - Aug 18, 2007) Downes, Frank (Feb 15, 1921 - Dec 5, 1998) Downes, Veronica (Oct 5, 1926 - Aug 1995)
Downes, Christophe (Jul 22, 1930 - Jun 20, 2004) Downes, Ruth (Nov 14, 1940 - Jan 24, 2008) Downes, Dorothy (Nov 7, 1904 - Jan 1984) Downes, Arthur (Aug 22, 1947 - Sep 27, 2001) Downes, Louisa (Oct 13, 1876 - Jul 1974) Downes, Stanley (Jun 15, 1920 - Nov 21, 2000) Downes, Rachel (Oct 21, 1954 - Jan 19, 2009) Downes, Mildred (Nov 5, 1889 - Aug 1978) Downes, Margaret (Mar 25, 1893 - Nov 1976) Downes, John (Aug 19, 1918 - Oct 6, 2009)
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