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1655: One Hundred Inventions

In 1655, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester composed his Century of Inventions — a listing of 100 things that needed to be invented. The full title is A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions As at … Continue reading

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