HISTORY 1750-1915

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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

    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