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1710 Thermometer invented by Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur
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1733 John Kay invents flying shuttle
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1742 Franklin stove invented by Benjamin Franklin
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1752 Lightning rod invented by Benjamin Franklin
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1767 Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves
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1769 Steam engine invented by James Watt
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1774 Priestly isolates oxygen
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First steam powered mills automate the weaving process.
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1781 William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus.
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1783 Hot air balloon invented by Montgolfier brothers
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1791 Steamboat invented by John Fitch
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1793 Eli Whitney develops the cotton gin
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1798 Vaccination invented by Edward Jenner
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1799 Humphrey Davy discovers nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
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1799 Oliver Evans invents the conveyer belt