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The Piano
The piano was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Italy, who worked as a harpsichord maker for the Grand Prince of Tuscany, Ferdinando de'Medici. He built his first piano in 1700. -
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Industrial Revolution
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Thomas Newcomen invents first steam engine
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The First Mercury Thermometer
Created by Dutch Physiscits Daniel Gabriel Fahrienheit. Originated in the Neatherlands. -
The Watt Steam Engine
Watt steam engine, steam engine invented by Scottish engineer James Watt in 1769. The Watt steam engine is considered the first truly efficient steam engine, as it solved the problem of energy wastage through the use of a separate condenser. -
The First Balloon
Joseph and Étienne Montgolfier, born in Ardèche in France, began to experiment with lighter-than-air flight in 1782 using a piece of fabric billowed aloft by a fire of wool and damp straw. -
The Cotton Gin
In 1794, U.S.-born inventor Eli Whitney (1765-1825) patented the cotton gin, a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. -
The First Graphite Pencil
The modern pencil was invented in 1795 in France by Nicholas-Jacques Conte, a scientist serving in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Creation of The First Battery
In Lombardy, Italy, Volta invented the first true battery, storing and releasing a charge through a chemical reaction instead of physically, which came to be known as the voltaic pile. -
The first passenger railway opens
On September 27, 1825, Locomotion No. 1 became the world's first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, in North East England. -
The Development of The Telephone
Italian innovator Antonio Meucci is credited with inventing the first basic phone in 1849, and Frenchman Charles Bourseul devised a phone in 1854 -
The First Iron Warship HMS Warrior is Launched
HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy's first ocean-going ironclad warship, was launched in London on 29 December 1860. -
Induction Motor
Nikola Tesla (Serbia) invented the induction motor with rotating magnetic field that made unit drives for machines feasible and made AC power transmission an economic necessity. -
The First Aspirin
While working for pharmaceutical company Bayer, German chemist Felix Hoffmann, possibly under the direction of colleague Arthur Eichengrün, finds that adding an acetyl group to salicylic acid reduces its irritant properties and Bayer patents the process.