18th Century Flashcards by Connor Findlay

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Seed Drill

A

Jethro Tull, English

1701

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Piano

A

Bartolomeo cristofori,
Italian
1710

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Steam engine

A

Thomas Newcomen, British

1712

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Mercury Thermometer

A

D. G. Fahrenheit, German

1714

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Diving bell

A

Edmund Halley, England

1717

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Stereotyping

A

William Ged, Scottish

1725

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Leyden Jar

A

E. G. Von kleist, German

1745

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Lightning rod

A

Benjamin Franklin, American

1752

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Achromatic lens

A

John Dollond, British

1758

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Marine chronometer

A

John Harrison, British

1759

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Spinning Jenny

A

James Hargreaves, British

1764

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Spinning frame

A

R. Arkwright, English

1769

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Steam engine (with a separate condenser)

A

James Watt, British

1769

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Automobile

A

Nicholas Joseph Cugnot
French
1770

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Submarine

A

David Bushnell, American

1775

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Steel pen

A

Samuel Harrison, English

1780

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Bifocal lens

A

Benjamin Franklin, American

1780

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Threshing machine

A

Andrew Meikle, British

1784

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Power loom

A

Edmund Cartwright, British

1785

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Steamboat

A

John Fitch, American

1786

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Flyball governor

A

James watt, British

1788

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Gas turbine

A

John barber, British

1791

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Illuminating gas

A

William Murdock, Scottish

1792

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Cotton Gin

A

Eli Whitney, American

1793

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Hydraulic press

A

Joseph bramah, English

1795

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Lithography

A

Aloys senefelder, German

1996

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Small pox vaccine

A

Edward Jenner, British

1996

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Fourdrinier machine (paper making machine)

A

Louis Robert French

1799