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William Perkins

Male 1765 - 1784  (19 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1767 
  • 1767: Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
1768 
  • 1768: Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
1769 
  • 1769: James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
1774 
  • 1774: Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
1775 
  • 1775: Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
  • 1775: Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
  • 1775: American Revolution: English Colonists vs Great Britain 1775-1783.
1776 
  • 1776: USA: signing of the Declaration of Independence.
  • 1776: David Bushnell invents a submarine.
1779 
  • 1779: Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
1780 
  • 1780: Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
  • 1780: Gervinus invents the circular saw.
1783 
  • 1783: Englishmen, Henry Cort invents the steel roller for steel production.
  • 1783: Louis Sebastien demonstrates the first parachute.
  • 1783: Joseph Michel Montgolfier and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier invent the hot-air balloon.
  • 1783: Benjamin Hanks patents the self-winding clock.
10 1784 
  • 1784: Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine.
  • 1784: Joseph Bramah invents the safety lock.