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16th century: Chintz or printed clothing in Golconda, India [381] 16th century: Hookah by Irfan Shaikh, at the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar I (1542–1605). [382] [383] 1560: Floating Dry Dock in Venice, Venetian Republic [384] 1569: Mercator Projection map created by Gerardus Mercator; 1589: Stocking frame: Invented by William Lee. [385]
Related article: List of 16th century inventions. The Columbian Exchange introduces many plants, animals and diseases to the Old and New Worlds. Introduction of the spinning wheel revolutionizes textile production in Europe. The letter J is introduced into the English alphabet. 1500: First portable watch is created by Peter Henlein of Germany.
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Renaissance technology was the set of European artifacts and inventions which spread through the Renaissance period, roughly the 14th century through the 16th century. The era is marked by profound technical advancements such as the printing press, linear perspective in drawing, patent law, double shell domes and bastion fortresses.
Bliaut in the 12th century. [162] French hood in the early 16th century. [163] Attifet in the 16th century. [164] Jacquard loom, a mechanical loom, invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in 1801, that simplifies the process of manufacturing textiles with complex patterns such as brocade, damask, and matelasse. [165] [166]
A 16th-century portable drum watch with sundial. The 24-hour dial has Roman numerals on the outer band and Hindu–Arabic numerals on the inner one. [1]The history of watches began in 16th-century Europe, where watches evolved from portable spring-driven clocks, which first appeared in the 15th century.
In the Great Britain of the 19th century, soccer evolved into modern regulation. [504] Sicilian Defence: in the game of Chess, an opening move created in Italy around the 16th century and described for the first time in a Chess theory book of 1594 by Chess Master Giulio Cesare Polerio. Five-pins billiard game and Goriziana pin billiard game.
By the 16th century, Chinese oil prospectors were using percussion drilling to create wells over 2000 feet deep. [180] A modernized variant of the technique was used by American businessman Edwin Drake to drill Pennsylvania's first oil well in 1859, using small steam engines to power the drilling process. [179]