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18th-century inventors (11 C, 4 P) Pages in category "18th-century inventions" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Development of the Watt steam engine in the late 18th century was an important element in the Industrial Revolution in Europe. The American Revolutionary War took place in the late 18th century. The 18th century lasted from 1 January 1701 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCCI) to 31 December 1800 (MDCCC).
10th century: Fireworks in Song dynasty China: Fireworks first appear in China during the Song dynasty (960–1279), in the early age of gunpowder. Fireworks could be purchased from market vendors; these were made of sticks of bamboo packed with gunpowder. [346] 974: Fountain pen: invented at the request of al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah in Arab Egypt ...
From the early 15th century to the early 17th century the Age of Discovery had, through Portuguese seafarers, and later, Spanish, Dutch, French and English, opened up southern Africa, the Americas (New World), Asia and Oceania to European eyes: Bartholomew Dias had sailed around the Cape of southern Africa in search of a trade route to India; Christopher Columbus, on four journeys across the ...
In fact, restrictions were so severe in the 18th century that women, including midwives, were forbidden to use forceps. [70] That particular restriction exemplified the increasingly constrictive, male-dominated medical community. Over the course of the 18th century, male surgeons began to assume the role of midwives in gynaecology.
It’s one of many historical inventions that were way ahead of their time. ... Zhang Heng, made the world’s first seismoscope which proved to be incredibly accurate. ... The 16th century ...
3rd century BC: Archimedes relates problems in geometric series to those in arithmetic series, foreshadowing the logarithm. [46] 3rd century BC: Pingala in Mauryan India studies binary numbers, making him the first to study the radix (numerical base) in history. [47] 3rd century BC: Pingala in Mauryan India describes the Fibonacci sequence. [48 ...
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.