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Bartolomeu de Gusmão
1709 Hot Air Balloon Portugal by Bartolomeu de Gusmão -
long range and accurate
1710 Rifle North America long range and accurate -
John Shore
1711 Tuning Fork -
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HISTORY 1750-1918
HISTORY -
Joseph Constantine Carpue
(1764-1846)
French
rhinoplastic surgery -
George Cayley
Richard Hall Gower
(1768-1833)
British
ship's hull and rigging (1773-1857)
British
tension-spoke wheels / Caterpillar track -
steam engine
Scotland: James Watt develops double-acting steam engine -
Karl Drais
(1785-1851)
German
dandy horse (Draisine) (1785-1851)
German
dandy horse (Draisine) -
Augustus Siebe
(1788-1872)
Saxony&British
Inventor of the standard diving dress -
cotton gin
United States: Eli Whitney invents cotton gin -
Samuel Morse
(1791-1872)
American
telegraph
(1791-1872)
American
telegraph -
Alessandro Volta
1800 Electric Battery Italy -
Joseph Henry
(1797-1898)
American
electromagnetic relay -
Lewis and Clark expedition through western United States
1804–1806 Lewis and Clark expedition through western United States -
Augustin-Jean Fresne
(1788-1827)
French
Fresnel lens -
Samuel Colt invents revolver
United States: Samuel Colt invents revolver -
United States: Samuel Colt invents revolver
United States: Samuel Colt invents revolver -
Samuel Morey
(1762-1843)
American
internal combustion engine -
light bulb
The light bulb, in particular, profoundly changed human existence by illuminating the night and making it hospitable to a wide range of human activity. The electric light, one of the everyday conveniences that most affects our lives, was invented in 1879 by Thomas Alva Edison. -
John Harrison
1740 Navigational Clock England
