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Gravicembalo Col Piano e Forte
The inventor called its instrument gravicembalo col piano a forte, a harpsichord with a possibility to play soft and loud -
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10 Influential Inventions
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Typewriter
While there was no physical description of the machine nor a physical invention, Mill is credited with the first idea for the typewriter -
Manual Fire Pump
The pump was worked by people at the long cross handles. -
The Franklin Stove
It provides more heat and less smoke than an open fireplace and uses less wood. -
Watt Steam Engine
was an improvement on the design of the Newcomen engine and was a key point in the Industrial Revolution. -
The flush toilet
His greatest innovation was the S-shaped pipe below the bowl that used water to create a seal preventing sewer gas from entering through the toilet -
Threshing Machine
was a Scottish millwright and the inventor of the threshing machine for removing the husks from grain. -
The Jacquard Loom
It allowed the weaver to produce, unaided, fabrics with patterns of almost unlimited size and complexity -
textile mill
the Boston Company built America's first fully mechanized mill in Waltham, Massachusetts -
The Babbage Difference Engine
This machine used the decimal number system and was powered by cranking a handle. -
Electric Printing Telegraph
Though the machine worked, it was extremely slow and not efficient enough for widespread use. -
Jean Bernard Léon Foucault :the gyroscope
He certainly invented the word and also used his gyroscope to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth -
Oil Pipeline
to resist the influence of the external loads (soil and traffic), internal fluid pressure, as well as environmental loads. -
The Audion tube
The Audion helped ATT set up coast-to-coast phone service, and it was also used in everything from radios to televisions to the first computers. -
Welding Torch
Welding torch flames provide the intense heat to melt and fuse metals, creating solid and durable bonds