Sixteenth Century Inventions 1500 to 1599

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picture of Galileo Galilei <<<1400s

1500	The first flush toilets appeared.
1510	Leonardo da Vinci designs a horizontal water wheel. Pocket watch invented by Peter Henlein.
1513	Urs Graf invents etching.
1568	Bottled beer invented in London.
1569	Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection.
1589	Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine.
1590	Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope.
1593	Galileo invents a water thermometer.

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