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17th-century inventions

  • TelescopeHans Lipperhey submitted a patent application to the government in the Netherlands during 1608. This document described a device using glass lenses to view…
  • Magic lanternDutch scientist Christiaan Huygens sketched a skeleton taking off its skull in the year 1659. He wrote notes above the drawing that read for representations…