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Most Important Inventions and Discoveries Of All Ages

ABERRATION of light (Bradley) A. D. 1729 Achromatic telescopes (Holles) 1733 Æolipile of Hero of Alexandria B. C. 150 150 Aerial machine (Laurent's) A. D. 1790 Air-balloon, Chinese, known as early as 1306 Air-balloon, with heated air, the first by Don Guzman 1736 Air-balloon, with heated air (Montgolfier) 5th June, 1783 Air-balloon, with gas (Charles) 27th Aug. 1783 Air-gun, (Gester, at Nuremberg) • 1430 Air-gun, by Hans Lobsinger, at Nuremberg 1560 Air-pump, Otto von Guericke 1650 Air-pump, plate for (Pupin). 1674 Alphabetical writing B. C. 1700 Alphonse Tables, composed by Al Ragel and Al Kabitz A. D. 1252 Alum-works at Volterra, in Europe 1192 Alum-works at Ischia. • 1458 Aluminium, application in the arts, by Deville 1856 Amalgamation (plating by means of quicksilver) 1560 Anemochord (Jakob Schnell). 1790 Aneroid barometer (Vidiè). 1844 Aniline (Hoffmann and Fritzsche) 1840 Aniline black (Lucas). 1863 Aniline blue (Persoz). 1862 Aniline brown (Laire) 1861 .