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James Hartness

Okay kiddo, let's learn about James Hartness! He was a very smart man who lived a long time ago and did a lot of things to help the world be a better place.

James Hartness was born in 1861 in Vermont, which is a place in the United States. He was really interested in how things work and how to make them work better. When he was a little bit older, he started working in a factory where they made machines that could make things like shoes and clothes faster and better.

But James Hartness didn't stop there. He wanted to make things even better, so he invented a special device called a "jig borer" that could make holes in things very accurately. This made it easier for people to make machines that worked really well.

James Hartness also worked on making telescopes better. Telescopes are machines that help us see things that are very far away, like stars and other planets. He made a special kind of telescope that was very big and could see things that other telescopes couldn't.

Later on, James Hartness became the governor of Vermont, which is a very important job. He helped make sure that the people in Vermont had everything they needed to be happy and healthy.

So, James Hartness was a really smart man who did a lot of things to help make machines work better and help people see the stars. He also became an important leader who helped make sure that his state was doing well.