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Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Newcomen, Joseph Priestley, Bartolomeo Cristofori
1709
- The first piano was built by Bartolomeo Cristofori
1712
- The steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen
1714
- Creation of the mercury thermometer
1733
- Reverend Stephan Hales was the first person to measure blood pressure
1741
- Smellie was the first person to study the process of child birth
1752
- The lightning rod was invented by Benjamin Franklin
1774
- Joseph Priestley discovers " dephlogisticated air" oxygen
1776
- Tobacco smoke enema
1795
- Francois Xavier Bichat used a microscope to begin the study of cellular changes in disease
1796
- Vaccination for smallpox was created
1799
- Nitrous Oxide was discovered as an anesthetic