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4 giorni fa · 1700s. 1709: Bartolomeo Cristofori crafts the first piano. 1709: Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit invents the alcohol thermometer. 1710s. 1712: Thomas Newcomen builds the first commercial steam engine to pump water out of mines. Newcomen's engine, unlike Thomas Savery's, uses a piston. 1730s
3 giorni fa · He spent the next decade keeping the empire intact, putting down rebellions in Siam, Lan Xang and the northernmost Shan states. From 1576 onwards, he declared a large sphere of influence in westerly lands—trans-Manipur states, Arakan and Ceylon. The empire, held together by patron-client relationships, declined soon after his death in 1581.
15 mag 2024 · Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. The process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world, driving changes in energy use, socioeconomics, and culture.
11 mag 2024 · William Wordsworth (1770–1850) produced some of the greatest English poems of the late 1700s and early 1800s. In contrast to the decorum of much 18th-century verse, he wanted to relate “situations from common life” in “language really used by men,” embodying “the spontaneous overflow of feelings…recollected in ...
- William Wordsworth grew up in the Lake District of northern England. There he spent much of his boyhood playing outdoors and exploring the mountain...
- Stirred simultaneously by walks in the English countryside and by his relationships with his sister Dorothy and English poet-critic Samuel Taylor C...
14 mag 2024 · 1679 Salem house, size 24'x18', to be built for £12. 1679 Boston house, size 34'x20', to be built for £130. 1733 Record describes a 16x22 dwelling house to be built in Cambridge MA for £61and a 20x24 house for £65.The latter ended up 4 feet wider than planned and cost £80 including labor.
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2 mag 2024 · Fashion history timeline: 61 of the greatest dress styles in American fashion history. Categories: 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Vintage beauty & fashion, Vintage clothing, Vintage magazines. By The Click Americana Team. Added or last updated May 2, 2024.
14 mag 2024 · Intro. 1700s. 1800s. 1900s. 2000s. Quotable Facts. Wages in the United States, 1780-1789. Building-trades wages - 1600s through 1836. Lists wages of early American bricklayers, carpenters, masons, etc. in British currency and Spanish dollars (more on exchange rates here). Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor rept., p. 5.
