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Refracting telescope
Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope. -
First Submarine
The earliest human-powered submarine invented by Cornelis Drebbel. -
Slide rule
William Oughtred invents a slide rule. -
Blood Transfusion
Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion. -
Steam turbine
Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine. -
Micrometer
W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer. -
Adding machine
Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine. -
Barometer
Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer. -
Air pump
Otto von Guericke invents a air pump. -
Pendulm clock
Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock. -
Cuckoo clocks
Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region. -
Reflecting telescope
James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope. -
Second reflecting telscope
Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope. -
Celebratory Foods
The first reference to a candy cane is made. Dom Pérignon invents Champagne. -
Caculating machine
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine. -
Microscope and bacteria
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek was the first to see and describe bacteria with a microscope. -
Pocket watch
Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch. -
Univesal joint
Robert Hooke invents the universal joint. -
Pressure cooker
Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker. -
Steam pump
Englishmen, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump. -
Long Rifle
The Long or "Kentucky" Rifle is designed. This is a big deal because it uses rifling to make the bullet spin as it goes throught th barrel increasinng accuracy so human wave tactics aren't nessecary. -
Seed drill invented
Improved horse drawn hoe that also plants the seeds in uniform rows. Invented by Jethro Tull -
Piano in Italy
The harpsicord evolves into the Piano with the help of Bartolomeo Cristofor -
Tuning Fork invented
Need a way to tune the Piano. Invented by John Shore -
Atmospheric Steam Engine
The beginning of the industrial work horse. To bad it's just a patent. Thomas Newcomen a blacksmith invented the idea -
Diving Bell
Edmond Halley invents the diving bell. -
FIRE! Extinguisher
French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher -
Thermometer
Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer. -
Flying Shutttle
An improvement to looms this allows for a spool to be slid quickly into the weave. Invented by John Kay -
Leyden Jar
E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor. -
Lightning Rod
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
