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printing press
1045
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Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China
toilet
1500
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first flush toilets invented
wheel lock musket
1500
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wheel lock musket invented
pocket watch
1510
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Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein.
pencil
1565
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A graphite pencil invented by Conrad Gesner.
stocking frame
1589
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Englishmen, William Lee invents a knitting machine called the stocking frame.
microscope
1590
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Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope
telescope
1608
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Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope
submarine
1620
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The earliest human-powered submarine invented by Cornelis Drebbel.
adding machine
1642
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Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine
calculating machine
1671
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine.
universal joint
1676
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Robert Hooke invents the universal joint.
steam engine
1712
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Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine
flying shuttle
1733
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John Kay invents the flying shuttle
electrical capacitor
1745
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E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.