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- 18th century new (49640 bytes)
27: * [[1707]]: [[Mount Fuji]] erupts in Japan.
47: * [[1719]]: Spanish attempt to restart the [[Jacobite rising#The Rebellion/Ri...
88: * [[1740]]: British attempt to capture [[St. Augustine, Florida]] but lose to the Spa...
94: ...t the [[Jacobite Rising#1744 French invasion attempt|Jacobite rebellion]] fails
105: ...English and English allies. The North American chapter of the [[Seven Years' War]]. - 18th century inventions (2219 bytes)
19: * [[1769]]: [[Steam engine]]: [[James Watt]]
20: * [[1769]]: [[Water Frame]]: [[Richard Arkwright]]
24: * [[1779]]: [[Spinning mule]]: [[Samuel Crompton]]
37: * [[1793]]: [[Optical telegraph]]: [[Claude Chappe]] - Automobile (19750 bytes)
4: ...or the [[driving|driver]] and, almost without exception, one or more passengers.
15: ...ssfully demonstrated such a vehicle as early as [[1769]]. The first vehicles were [[steam engine]] power...
33: ...riginal work nearly unrecognizable. The chief exception to this was electronic [[electronic control un...
45: ...tion, even seat belts were considered extra-cost options by many manufacturers. Other countries follow...
61: Attempts at building viable [[battery (electricity)|batte... - Truck (8353 bytes)
1: ...unibody]] construction, most trucks (with the exception of the car-like [[minivan]]) are built around ...
8: ...ed into a furniture warehouse, but the name was kept. Vehicles transporting furniture to and from the ...
14: ...ered "fardier" [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]] built in 1769. However, steam trucks were not common until the ...
22: ...k much longer for that type of engine to gain acceptance: gasoline engines were still in use on heavy ...
73: ...[[Caterpillar Inc.]] or [[Cummins]]. The only exceptions to this are Volvo trucks and Mack trucks, whi... - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (12500 bytes)
7: ... [[Anna Maria Pertl Mozart]]. He was [[baptism|baptized]] on the day after his birth at [[St. Rupert'...
19: ...artini|G.B. Martini]] in [[Bologna]], and was accepted as a member of the famous ''[[Accademia Filarmo...
21: In September of 1777, accompanied only by his mother, Moz...
43: ... Frieselfieber" ("severe miliary fever"), a description that does not suffice to identify the cause as...
62: ... following Mozart's death there were several attempts to catalog his compositions, but it was not unti... - Saint Petersburg (36589 bytes)
48: ...rought-iron fences, monumental and decorative sculptures. The Neva River itself, together with its ma...
62: ...nd the [[Yelagin Palace]] (1818–1822), a sumptuous summer [[dacha]] of the imperial family, situ...
70: ...g [[onion dome|onion spires]], this church is exceptional in the city with its onion-shaped tower.
78: ... vast [[square]]s, like St. Vladimir's Cathedral (1769–1789), not to be confused with the church o...
82: ...al|Gothic Revival]] style, those of St John the Baptist (1776–1781) and the Chesmenskaya (1777&n... - Steam engine (17867 bytes)
9: ...omas Newcomen]] ([[1712]]), and [[James Watt]] ([[1769]]), each adding new refinements. In 1807, [[Rober...
55: ...h the same end of the cylinder. (The uniflow concept is also employed in two stroke [[supercharger|sup...
61: ...the rotary steam engine, with the mechanical concept also applicable as an internal combustion engine.
66: ...-propelled steam vehicle, his "steam wagon", in [[1769]]. Arguably, this was the first [[automobile]]. W...
79: ...on. These resulted in 60 percent lower fuel consumption per passenger and massively reduced costs for ...
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