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| 1 | 1745 | - E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
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| 2 | 1752 | - Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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| 3 | 1755 | - Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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| 4 | 1757 | - John Campbell invents the sextant.
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| 5 | 1758 | - Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
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| 6 | 1760 | - George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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| 7 | 1761 | - Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
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| 8 | 1764 | - James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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| 9 | 1767 | - Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
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