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18th Century
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Rafelle Marie Timog Allego
⟶ Updated 10 Feb 2018 ⟶
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Events
English farmer Jethro Tull begins the mechanization of agriculture by inventing the horse-drawn seed drill
Gottfried Leibniz pioneers the binary number system now used in virtually all computers
Thomas Newcomen builds the first practical (but stationary) steam engine
Christiaan Huygens conceives the internal combustion engine, but never actually builds one
William Champion develops a commercially viable process for extracting zinc on a large scale
John Campbell invents the sextant, an improved navigational device that enables sailors to measure latitude
Axel Cronstedt isolates nickel
Axel Cronstedt notices steam when he boils a rock—and discovers zeolites
Wolfgang von Kempelen develops a mechanical speaking machine: the world's first speech synthesizer
Abraham Darby III builds a pioneering iron bridge at a place now called Ironbridge in England
Josiah Wedgwood (or Thomas Massey) invents the pyrometer
French Brothers Joseph-Michel Montgolfier and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier make the first practical hot-air balloon
Reverend William Gregor, a British clergyman and amateur geologist, discovers a mysterious mineral that he calls menachite. Four years later, Martin Klaproth gives it its modern name, titanium
Periods
John Harrison develops reliable chronometers (seafaring clocks) that allow sailors to measure longitude accurately for the first time