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Most Important Inventions and Discoveries Of All Ages: Musket

Needle-gun (Dreyse) Musical notes, printed with movable types, in France (J. Saulèque) Musical notes, printed in Germany (Breitkopf) Musket, with match-lock, at Nuremberg Musket, with wheel-lock (Kühfuss) Musket, with flint-lock and battery, in France Muslin, Dresden NAILMAKING machine Natural history collections, the oldest (Francesco Calceolaris, in Italy) Nature, self-printing Nebulæ, first observed by Simon Marius Needlemakers, incorporated, at Nuremberg Neillo-copies (Maso Finiguerra) Neillo-engraving, known about Nickel, discovered by Cronstedt Nitro-glycerine, blasting oil (Nebel) Nonius, employed by Vernier, and called after him 1558 1752 1550 1517 1580 1671 1723 1809 • 1584 1847 1614 1833 . 1370 1452 1200 • 1751 1864 1668 OIL picture printing, copies of all paintings (Liepmann) Oil painting (Johann van Eyk) 1822 1402 Omnibus (Pascal, at Paris) 1828 Orchilla (rock-moss) first used as a dye in the Levant 1300 Organ, water-organ (Archimedes) B. C. 216 Organ, wind-organ (Ktesibios) B. C. I20 Organ, introduction into churches (Pope Vitalinus) A. D. 650 Osmium (a metal) discovered by Tennant 1803 PADLOCK (Hans Ehrmann, at Nuremburg) Pallas discovered by Olbers Panorama (Breisig at Dantzig) Paper made from the inner bark of trees (bast) in China Paper brought to Europe by Arabs.

Paper made from asbestos in Germany Paper made from the refuse of leather (Thield) 1540 1802 1767 B. C. 160 B. C. 710 A. D. 1720 Paper money in China Paper, endless (Robert, at Essonnes) Paper-bleaching by chlorine applied to it (Fischer) Paper-factory, the first in England Papermaking machine improved by Fourdrinier and Donkin Papermaking machine, first German one (Keferstein, at Halle) Paper-mill, the first, near Fabriano, in the Marquisate of Ancona Papier-maché (Martin, at Paris) Papin's Digester (Dion. Papin) Papyrography, paper plates for lithography (Senefelder) Parachute, invented in the sixteenth century, by Varanzio Lenormand Parachute, first used by Blanchard Paraffin (Reichenbach) Paraffin candles (Young) Parasols again came into use about Parasols known in Assyria and China Parchment in Greece Parchment in Germany Parchment-factory at Nuremberg Pastil-painting (Bouet, at Paris)