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Ephraim MINOR
 1715 - 1783

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   Year  Event(s)
1717 
  • Edmond Halley invents the diving bell.
1722 
  • French C. Hopffer patents the fire extinguisher.
1724 
  • Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the first mercury thermometer.
1727 
  • George II. Ruler of England 1727-1760. House of Hanover: Only son of George I, married Caroline of Brandenburg.
1733 
  • John Kay invents the flying shuttle.
1745 
  • E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
1752 
  • Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
1755 
  • Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
1757 
  • John Campbell invents the sextant.
10 1758 
  • Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
11 1760 
  • George III. Ruler of England 1760-1820. House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
12 1761 
  • Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
13 1764 
  • James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
14 1767 
  • Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
15 1768 
  • Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
16 1769 
  • James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
17 1774 
  • Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
18 1775 
  • Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
  • Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
19 1776 
  • David Bushnell invents a submarine.
  • July 4, 1776 -- Declaration of Independence
20 1779 
  • Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
21 1780 
  • Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
  • Gervinus invents the circular saw.
22 1783 
  • Benjamin Hanks patents the self-winding clock.
  • Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production.
  • Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier invent the hot-air balloon.
  • Louis Sebastien demonstrates the first parachute.

  
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