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2 giorni fa · 18th century 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
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 giorni fa · Notable historical events in the late 18th century, that marked the transition from the early modern period to the late modern period, include: the American Revolution (1765–91), French Revolution (1789–99), and beginning of the Industrial Revolution around 1760.
5 giorni fa · Italian inventions and discoveries are objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, by Italians.
12 mag 2024 · These groundbreaking developments laid the foundation for the contemporary industrialized globe, exerting enduring influence on contemporary living and labor dynamics. Among the epoch’s most pivotal inventions was the steam engine, perfected by James Watt in the latter portion of the 18th century.
2 mag 2024 · Invention, the act of bringing ideas or objects together in a novel way to create something that did not exist before. Ever since the first prehistoric stone tools, humans have lived in a world shaped by invention. Learn about the chronology of invention as well as the general characteristics of inventors.
9 mag 2024 · Joseph Henry (born December 17, 1797, Albany, New York, U.S.—died May 13, 1878, Washington, D.C.) was one of the first great American scientists after Benjamin Franklin. He aided and discovered several important principles of electricity, including self-induction, a phenomenon of primary importance in electronic circuitry.
