Inventions took place in a variety of fields. The following table outlines some of the more notable inventions. Many of those of the 18th century are associated with the earlier stages of the Industrial Revolution.
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Invention |
Principle Inventor involved |
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Agriculture ·
Threshing device ·
Cotton Gin |
·
Andrew Meikle (1786) ·
Eli Whitney (1793) |
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Communication ·
Modern Semaphore telegraph ·
Lithography Printing |
·
Claude Chappe (1792) ·
Alois Senefelder (1796) |
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Industry (Heavy) ·
Vacuum Pump ·
Piston Engine ·
Steam Engine pump ·
Textile - Loom Flying Shuttle ·
Lead Chamber Process ·
Early Refrigerator ·
Textile - Spinning Jenny ·
Improved Steam Engine with Condenser ·
Air Compressor ·
Textile - Power Loom ·
Hydraulic Press ·
First Paper Machine |
·
Otto von Guericke (1650) ·
Christiaan Huygens (1680) ·
John Newcomen (1712) ·
John Kay (1733) ·
John Roebuck (1746) ·
William Cullen (1755) ·
James Hargreaves (1764) ·
James Watt (1765) ·
John Wilkinson (1774) ·
Edmund Cartwright (1789) ·
Joseph
Bramah (1795) ·
Louis-Nicolas Robert (1799) |
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Mathematics ·
Slide Rule ·
Mathematical calculator |
·
William Oughtred (1630) ·
Blaise Pascal (1642) |
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Scientific ·
Telescope - Refraction ·
Barometer ·
Telescope - Reflection ·
Weighing Scale ·
Electrolysis Device |
·
Hans Lippershay (1608) ·
Evangelista Torricelli (1643) ·
Isaac Newton (1668) ·
Richard Salter (1770) ·
Matinus van Marum (1785) |
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Transportation ·
Chronometer (measuring longitude) ·
Hot Air Balloon ·
Claude de Joffroy |
·
John Harrison (1736) ·
Joseph-Raif and Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1783) ·
Steam Boat (1783) |
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Others ·
Piano ·
Carbonated Water |
·
Bartolomeo Cristofori (1709) ·
Joseph Priestly (1767) |
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