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Year |
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1 | 1733 | - John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
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2 | 1745 | - E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
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3 | 1752 | - Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
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4 | 1755 | - Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
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5 | 1757 | - John Campbell invents the sextant.
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6 | 1758 | - Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
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7 | 1760 | - George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
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8 | 1761 | - Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
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9 | 1764 | - James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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10 | 1767 | - Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
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11 | 1768 | - Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
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