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Barometer
Barometer - Pronunciation: [b u rom´ u t u r] - a barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer, also known as the "Torricelli's tube".
Candy Cane
In the 1930's, the Addis Brush Company created the first artificial-brush trees, using the same machinery that made their toilet brushes! The Addis 'Silver Pine' tree was patented in 1950. The Christmas tree was designed to have a revolving light source under it, colored gels allowed the light to shine in different shades as it revolved under ...
18th Eighteenth Century Inventions 1700 to 1799
Timeline of eighteenth century inventions 1700 to 1799 - Inventions of the 1700s You are here: About>Business & Finance> ... <<<1600s 1701: Jethro Tull invents the seed drill. 1709: Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano. 1711: Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork.
Air Pump
The "cash carrier" invention sent money in little tubes traveling by air compression from location to location in department store so that change could be made. The first mechanical carriers used for store service was patented (#165,473) by D. Brown on July 13, 1875. However, it was not until 1882 when an inventor called Martin patented ...
1000 - 1300S
1023: First paper money printed in China.; 1045: Movable type printing by Bi Sheng in China; Circa 1050: Crossbow invented in France.; 1182 : Magnetic compass invented.; Circa 1200: Clothing buttons invented.; 1202: The Hindu-Arabic numbering system introduced to the west by Italian mathematician, Fibonacci.; 1249: Rodger Bacon invented his gunpowder formula.; Circa 1250
Submarine
Cornelis Drebbel's many inventions include the first navigable submarine. The Turtle - David Bushnell It was one of America's first submarines designed by David Bushnell, a weapon designed to offset Britain's naval supremacy in the War of 1812. John Holland John Holland introduces the Holland VII and later the Holland VIII (1900).