inventions that changed the world

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the abacus

2400 BC - 2399 BC

the first known calculator invented in babylonia.

Binary

300 BC - 299 BC

pingala invented it.

antikythera mechanism

87 BC - 86 BC

invented in rhodes to track movement of stars

first mechanical clock

724 AD - 725 AD

liang Ling-can invented it.

movable type printing press

1041 - 1042

invented by BI Sheng

eyeglasses were invented

1280 - 1281

suspension bridges

1350 - 1351

built in peru

alphabetic, movable type printing press

1450 - 1451

invented by Johann gutenberg

Ball bearing

1500 - 1501

invented by leonardo Da Vinci

pocket watch

1510 - 1511

invented by peter Henlein

ironclad warship

1576 - 1577

invented by Oda Nobunaga.

pendulum

1581 - 1582

invented by galileo Galilei

thermometer

1593 - 1594

also invented by galileo Galilei.

telescope

1608 - 1609

invented by hans Lippershey

microscope

1609 - 1610

also invented by galileo Galilei

barometer

1643 - 1644

invented by Evangelista Torricelli