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1704:
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A newspaper in Boston prints advertising.
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1710:
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German engraver Le Blon develops three-color printing.
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1714:
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Henry Mill receives patent in England for a typewriter.
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1716:
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Jean Antoine Watteau's "The Concert"
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1719:
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Reaumur proposes using wood to make paper.
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1725:
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Scottish printer develops stereotyping system.
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1727:
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Schulze begins science of photochemistry.
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1732:
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Ben Franklin
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In Philadelphia, Ben Franklin starts a circulating library.
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1755:
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Regular mail ship runs between England and the colonies.
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1755:
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's Apollo
Pursuing Daphne
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1770:
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The eraser.
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1774:
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Swedish chemist invents a future paper whitener.
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1775:
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Continental Congress authorizes Post Office; Ben Franklin first
Postmaster General.
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1780:
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Steel pen points begin to replace quill feathers.
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1784:
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French book is made without rags, from vegetation.
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1785:
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Stagecoaches carry the mail between towns in U.S
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1790:
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In England the hydraulic press is invented.
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1792:
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Mechanical semaphore signaler built in France.
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1792:
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In Britain, postal money orders.
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1792:
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Postal Act gives mail regularity throughout U.S.
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1794:
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First letter carriers appear on American city streets.
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1794:
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Panorama, forerunner of movie theaters, opens.
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1794:
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Signaling system connects Paris and Lille.
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1798:
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Senefelder in Germany invents lithography.
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1799:
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Robert in France invents a paper making machine.
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