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Jan 1, 1300
Invention of the Mechanical Clock
The mechanical clock was invented in the 1300s there-fore the clock was started to be measured in 24 hours.Galileo discovered the pendulum in the clock in 1581. -
Jan 1, 1456
Invention of the Printing Press
In 1456 the printing press was invented by Gutenberg.There-fore people were able to read more and have books. -
Jan 1, 1496
Invention of the Wallpaper
In 1496 the first paper mill came into operation in England. Before wallpaper only rich people could decorate their castle. -
Invention of the Flush Toilet
Sir John Harrington made the first flush toilet for himself in 1596.Later Alexander Cummings reinvented the flush toilet called the water closet. -
Invention of the Telescope
In 1608 Hans Lippershey made the first telescope.In 1668 Isaac Newton made improvments to the telescope. -
Invention of the Microscope
The first useful microscope was developed in the Netherlands in between 1590 and 1608.The inventor was Hans Lippershey. -
Invention of the Leather Covered Rowboat
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. -
Invention Of the Graded Lenses
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. -
Invention of the Plunger Closet
In 1777 Samuel Prosser received a patent for a plunger closet.Year later Joseph Braham invented a valve at the bottom of the bowl. -
Invention of the Gunpowder
Gunpowder was invented around 850 A.D.In the seventeenth century the gun was developed by the English and Dutch armies. -
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