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Most Important Inventions and Discoveries Of All Ages: Aniline

Aniline green (Isèbe) 1863 Aniline orange (Menc) 1861 Aniline violet first practically applied in dyeing (Perkins) 1856 Aniline yellow (Nicholson) • 1863 Animal kingdom, observation of the .

B. C. 2445 Antiphosphoric matches (Böttger) A. D. 1848 Apothecary's shop, the first in (Bagdad) Aquafortis.

Archimedes' screw, known Areometer in Alexandria A. D.

B. C. 400 A. D. 400 1603 • 1787 1776 Areometer in Germany, used for determining the density of salt water. Areometer, Nicholson's • Argentan, a Chinese invention, analysed by Engström Argentan (employed in the arts by Geitner) Arrack, known to the Chinese Assurance Societies, in Spain Atmospheric engine, the first, by Ericson Automata known to the ancients as early as • • • • • 1823 851 • 1458 1827 B.C. 400 400 A. D. 1736 BALLOON ascent, the first (Don Guzman) Balloon voyage, the first (Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arland) 21st Oct. 1783 Banks, the first erected at Venice 1171 Barley (pearl) mill, invented in Germany • 0 1650 Barometer, Torricelli, at Florence . • • 1643 Barometer, as weather-glass, Otto von Guericke 1661 • • • Barometrical measurements of altitude, the first • 1647 Bayonet invented at Bayonne • • 9 1640 Beaver hats known about • 1500 Beer in Brabant. 1200 Beer-brewing known to the Egyptians as early as B. C. 2000 Beryl discovered by Vauquelin • A. D. 1798 Bells were in use among the ancients; used in the church, by Bishop Paulinus, at Nola • 400 Beetroot sugar (discovered by Marggraf) Bleaching-works were in Nuremberg as early as . • 0 • 0 1745 0 1444 Bleaching with chlorine (Scheele, 1775); applied by Berthollet 0 1785 Blood, circulation of the (William Harvey). 1628 • • • Blood-letting, known since • • B. C. 1500 Bolting (Bentelwerk) in flour-mills Bone-dust as a manure (Kropp at Solingen) 0 A. D. 1550 1802 • Bone soups (Plouquet, at Tübingen) • • 1804 Book, the first German, about 900 Boring rocks in mining (Goslar ). • 1150 Bramah Lock (Bramah) 1781 Brandy among the Arabs; in Europe, Raymundus Lullus Brandy from wine 1305 Brass made from copper and zinc (Ebner, at Nuremberg) Brazilian wood known 。 Breweries in Augsburg Bridges, iron, invented in England Bridges, suspension, long known in East India.