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In 1456 the printing press was invented by Gutenberg.There-fore people were able to read more and have books.
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Leonardo da Vinci created "The Ornithopter". Which showed that me could fly.
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In 1496 the first paper mill came into operation in England. Before wallpaper only rich people could decorate their castle.
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Sir John Harrington made the first flush toilet for himself in 1596.Later Alexander Cummings reinvented the flush toilet called the water closet.
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the first compound microscope appearing in the Netherlands in the late 1590s, probably an invention of eyeglass makers there, Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen.
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Hans Lippershey, credited with invention of the telescope. The first person to apply for a patent for a telescope was a Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey. In 1608, Lippershey tried to lay claim on a device with three-times magnification.
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In 1620 Cornelis Drebbel who was a Dutch inventor built a leather covered rowboat with oars. Drebbel was an engineer who worked for the British Navy.
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In 1623 the Spanish invented graded lenses improving the trial-and-error method of trying on different lenses until they had the best one to see.