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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
Christmas Tinsel Around 1610, tinsel was first invented in Germany made from genuine silver. Machines were invented that shredded silver into thin tinsel-sized strips.
Air Pump
Pneumatic devices are various tools and instruments that generate and utilize compressed air - The first documented genuine pneumatic tube in the United States is officially listed in a patent issued to Samuel Clegg and Jacob Selvan in 1840
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
Telescope
A spectacle maker probably assembled the first telescope - Hans Lippershey of Holland is often credited with the invention but he almost certainly was not the first person to make one - binoculars and telescopes have the same history.
History of Calculators
Illustration: Adding Machine. Calculators William Seward Burroughs Born 1857 Rochester, N.Y - Died 1898 In 1885, Burroughs filed his first patent for a calculating machine. However, his 1892 patent was for an improved calculating machine with an added printer.