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The enlightenment
The Enlightenment is an intellectual and political movement in Europe from the lastest of the 17th century to The French Revolution. -
First piano
Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1732) builds the first piano. -
Water thermometer is invented.
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686-1736) invents the first water thermometer. -
Steam machine
Thomas Newcomen (1663 – 1729) invents steam machine. -
Mercury thermometer
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit advances and invents a better thermometer which we use now a days. -
Rubber is discovered
Charles Marie discover the rubber in South America. -
Alaska
Vitus Bering discovers Alaska. -
Lightning rod
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod. -
Enlgish dictionary
Samuel Johnson writes the first english dctionary. -
Windrow
James Hargreaves invents the windorw, a machine which allowed us to sew faster. -
Hidrogen
Henry Cavendish discovers the hidrogen -
The Pacific ocean
James Cook makes a map of the Pacific ocean and discovers new islands. -
Oxygen
Joseph Priestley discovers the oxygen and shows that the air is formed by gases. -
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith, the main founder of economy writes The Wealth of Nations. -
Photosynthesis
Jan Ingenhousz discovers photosynthesis in Netherlands. -
Uranus
William Herschel discovers Uranus by a mistake. -
Hot air balloon
The brothers Montgolfier invent the first hot air balloon. -
Encyclopaedia is published
Diderot writes a book about all scientific discoveries with D'Alambert. -
Smalpox vaccine
Edward Jenner (1749–1823) publics a treaty of the smalpox vaccine. -
Rosetta stone
Napolenic troops discovered the Rosetta stone in Egypt.
