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  2. 1700 in science - Wikipedia

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    The year 1700 in science and technology involved some significant events. Exploration. September 6 ...

  3. Age of Discovery - Wikipedia

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    Few Europeans during the period used the term "invention" for the European encounters, with the exception of Martin Waldseemüller, whose map first used the term "America". [ 12 ] A central legal concept of the discovery doctrine , expounded by the US Supreme Court in 1823, draws on assertions of European powers' right to claim land during ...

  4. Category:17th-century inventions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "17th-century inventions" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Barometer; C.

  5. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    3.3.1 1700s. 3.3.2 1710s. 3.3.3 ... The timeline of historic inventions is a chronological list of particularly important or ... work entitled Lives of Famous ...

  6. 17th century - Wikipedia

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    1.2 1651–1700. 2 Gallery. 3 Inventions, discoveries, and introductions. 4 References. 5 Further reading. ... Some of the greatest inventions took place in this century.

  7. Science in the Age of Enlightenment - Wikipedia

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    In the 17th century the Royal Society of London (1662), the Paris Académie Royale des Sciences (1666), and the Berlin Akademie der Wissenschaften (1700) were founded. Around the start of the 18th century, the Academia Scientiarum Imperialis (1724) in St. Petersburg , and the Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ...

  8. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Many years later, Evans' invention would be sold off for parts. On July 16, 2005, Philadelphia celebrated the 200th anniversary of Oliver Evans's Orukter Amphibolos. Many historians describe Oliver Evans' invention as the United States' first land and water transporter. [46] 1805 Vapor-compression refrigeration. Schematic of Gorrie's 1841 ice ...

  9. Industrial Revolution - Wikipedia

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    Britain was already a nation of makers by the year 1700" and "the history of Britain needs to be rewritten". [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Eric Hobsbawm held that the Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 1780s and was not fully felt until the 1830s or 1840s, [ 18 ] while T. S. Ashton held that it occurred roughly between 1760 and 1830. [ 19 ]