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| 1 | 1608 | - 1608: Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope.
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| 2 | 1620 | - 1620: The earliest human-powered submarine invented.
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| 3 | 1624 | - 1624: William Oughtred invents a slide ruler.
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| 4 | 1625 | - 1625: Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion.
- 1625: Charles I. Ruler of England 1625-1649. House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649.
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| 5 | 1629 | - 1629: Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine.
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| 6 | 1636 | - 1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer.
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| 7 | 1637 | - 1637: Pequot War 1637-1638
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| 8 | 1642 | - 1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine.
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| 9 | 1643 | - 1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer.
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| 10 | 1649 | - 1649: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector. Ruler of England 1649-1658. Commonwealth & Protectorate.
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| 11 | 1650 | - 1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump.
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1608 - 1653 (44 years)