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Date |
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| 1 | 1764 | - 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
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| 2 | 1767 | - 1767: Joseph Priestley invents carbonated water - soda water.
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| 3 | 1768 | - 1768: Richard Arkwright patents the spinning frame.
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| 4 | 1769 | - 1769: James Watt invents an improved steam engine.
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| 5 | 1774 | - 1774: Georges Louis Lesage patents the electric telegraph.
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| 6 | 1775 | - 1775: American Revolution: English Colonists vs Great Britain 1775-1783.
- 1775: Alexander Cummings invents the flush toilet.
- 1775: Jacques Perrier invents a steamship.
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| 7 | 1776 | - 1776: USA: signing of the Declaration of Independence.
- 1776: David Bushnell invents a submarine.
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| 8 | 1779 | - 1779: Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
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| 9 | 1780 | - 1780: Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
- 1780: Gervinus invents the circular saw.
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| 10 | 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.
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| 11 | 1784 | - 1784: Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine.
- 1784: Joseph Bramah invents the safety lock.
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1764 - 1784 (20 years)