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640
– Wind mills in Persia |
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1044
– Moveable type in China by Pi Chang |
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1180
– Fixed steering rudder in China (first control mechanism)
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1298
– Belt driven spinning wheel |
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1315
– Automated devices by Al Jazari |
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1335
– Clocks in Europe and watches soon follow |
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1438–
Wind turbine by Fontana |
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Early Industrial |
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1452-1519
– Mechanical inventions by Leonardo da Vinci |
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1454
– Moveable type by Johannes Gutenberg |
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1500
– Portable watch by Peter Heinlein |
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1569
– Screw cutting lathe by Jacques Besson |
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1581
– Pendulum principle by Galileo |
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1620
– Novum Organum by Francis Bacon sets out scientific method |
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1622
– Slide rule by William Oughtred |
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1642
– Calculating machine by Pascal |
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1650
– First air pump by Von Guericke |
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1680
– Internal combustion by Huygens |
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1698
– First steam engine by Thomas Saverys |
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1712
– Steam engine improved by Thomas Newcomen |
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1733
– Flying shuttle by John Kay |
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1746
– Leyden jar by Pieter van Musschenbrock |
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