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Date |
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1 | 1779 | - 1779: Samuel Crompton invents the spinning mule.
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2 | 1780 | - 1780: Benjamin Franklin invents bi-focal eyeglasses.
- 1780: Gervinus invents the circular saw.
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3 | 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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4 | 1784 | - 1784: Andrew Meikle invents the threshing machine.
- 1784: Joseph Bramah invents the safety lock.
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5 | 1785 | - 1785: Charles Augustus Coulomb invents the torsion balance.
- 1785: Blanchard invents a working parachute.
- 1785: Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom.
- 1785: Claude Berthollet invents chemical bleaching.
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6 | 1786 | - 1786: John Fitch invents a steamboat.
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