FAMOUS INVENTORS ~ 1700 - 1749
1. Inventors 1700 - 1749 (birth dates)Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
American
the pointed lightning rod conductor - bifocal glasses - the Franklin stove - the glass harmonica
William Cullen
(1710-1790)
British
first artificial refrigerator
Jozef Karol Hell
(1713-1789)
Slovakian
the water pillar
John Roebuck
(1718-1794)
British
lead chamber process for sulfuric acid synthesis
James Hargreaves
(1720-1778)
British
invented the spinning jenny
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
(1725-1804)
French
automobile
James Watt
(1736-1819)
Scottish
improved Steam engine
Montgolfier brothers
(1740-1810) and (1745-1799)
French
hot-air balloon
Thomas Jefferson
(1743-1826)
American
swivel chair
William Cumberland Cruikshank
(1745-1800)
British
chlorinated water
Alessandro Volta
(1745-1827)
Italian
battery
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