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The first working reflecting telescope
Sir Isaac Newton invents the first working reflecting telescope -
The first practical steam engine
The first practical steam engine is designed by Thomas Newcomen -
The first electrostatic motors
The first electrostatic motors are developed by Andrew Gordon in the 1740s. -
An Essay on the History of Civil Society.
Adam Ferguson, often known as 'The Father of Modern Sociology', publishes his work An Essay on the History of Civil Society. -
The Iron Bridge
The Iron Bridge, the first arch bridge made of cast iron, is built by Abraham Darby III -
The world's first locomotive-hauled railway
The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey is made by Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive. -
Electromagnetic induction
Electromagnetic induction, the operating principle of transformers and nearly all modern electric generators, is discovered by Michael Faraday. -
The telephone
Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone in the U.S. -
A method for classifying fingerprints
Sir Francis Galton devises a method for classifying fingerprints that proved useful in forensic science. -
Discover the electron
Sir Joseph John Thomson discovers the electron -
The World Wide Web
Sir Tim Berners-Lee writes a proposal for what will become the World Wide Web. The following year, he specified HTML, the hypertext language, and HTTP, the protocol.