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    The document lists several inventors from the 18th and early 19th centuries along with their inventions and brief descriptions, including Thomas Newcomen who invented the first practical steam engine in 1712 to pump water out of mines, James Hargreaves who developed the spinning jenny textile machine in 1764, and George Stephenson who created the first public steam-powered locomotive in 1803 that pulled carriages along rails.

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    The document lists several inventors from the 18th and early 19th centuries along with their inventions and brief descriptions, including Thomas Newcomen who invented the first practical steam engine in 1712 to pump water out of mines, James Hargreaves who developed the spinning jenny textile machine in 1764, and George Stephenson who created the first public steam-powered locomotive in 1803 that pulled carriages along rails.

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    inventors

    year

    inventions

    description

    Thomas
    Newcomen

    1712

    Steamengine

    poweredbycoal
    topumpwater
    outofmines.

    pictures

    James
    Hargreaves

    1764

    spinningjenny

    spunmany
    threadsatthe
    sametime.

    Richard
    Arkwright

    1769

    waterframe

    usedwater
    powertospeed
    upthespinning
    jenny

    George
    Stephenson

    1803

    Steampowered
    locomotives

    pullscarriages
    alongrails

    benjamin
    Franklin

    1784

    Bifocalglasses

    Pairofglasses
    horizontallycut,
    makingasingle
    pairofglasses
    thatfocusedat
    bothnear
    regionsandfar
    regions.

    JethroTull

    1701

    seeddrill

    Gabriel
    Fahrenheit

    1709

    alcohol
    thermometer

    Davidbushnell

    1775

    submarine

    johnfitch

    1786

    steamboat

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