What were some major breakthroughs in technology in around the years 1725-1775? If there were no major breakthroughs in that time period, what technology was widely used back then? Like now mobile phones have become a piece of technology that is a part of the everyday life for a lot of people.
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Possibly the most important device in that time was the refining and improvement of the basic steam engines from small devices that could barely run for more that a few minutes to the vast industrial size machines that were created by inventors like James Watt, Thomas Newcomen etc. that would alter the way that wealth was generated (from land based to industrial commerce).
It was these machines that started the industrial revolution and changed the world.
Electricity was first being experimented with back then.
Better navigational tools for ships were invented.
The Telegraph was invented. This invention radically changed communication.
Better tools for making clothe were invented then.
The first English Dictionary was published.