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| 1  | 1745  | - E.G. von Kleist invents the leyden jar, the first electrical capacitor.
 
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| 2  | 1752  | - Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod.
 
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| 3  | 1755  | - Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary.
 
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| 4  | 1757  | - John Campbell invents the sextant.
 
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| 5  | 1758  | - Dolland invents a chromatic lens.
 
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| 6  | 1760  | - George III.  Ruler of England 1760-1820.  House of Hanover: Grandson of George II, married Charlotte of Mecklenburg.
 
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| 7  | 1761  | - Englishmen, John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude.
 
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