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Year |
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| 1 | 1608 | - Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope.
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| 2 | 1620 | - The earliest human-powered submarine invented.
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| 3 | 1624 | - William Oughtred invents a slide ruler.
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| 4 | 1625 | - Charles I. Ruler of England 1625-1649. House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649.
- Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion.
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| 5 | 1629 | - Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
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| 6 | 1636 | - W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
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| 7 | 1642 | - Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
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| 8 | 1643 | - Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
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| 9 | 1649 | - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
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| 10 | 1650 | - Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
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| 11 | 1656 | - Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock.
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| 12 | 1658 | - Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1658-1659. Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659.
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