Great Human Inventions - 11th to 15th Century

Glasses (1280's, Italy)

Mechanical clock (1335, Italy)

Viol (viola da gamba) and Cello (late 15th and 16th century, Italy)

Pocket watch (1510, Germany)Invented by Peter Henlein.

Violin (Early 16th century, Italy)

Thermometer (1593-1714)
1593 : Invented by Galileo (Italy)
1714 : Mercury thermometer invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (Poland/Netherlands) Invented by Galileo Galilei.

Microscope (1595, Netherlands)Invented by Zacharias Janssen.

Telescope
late 11th century : astronomical lenses (Sweden)
13th century : experimental telescopes built by Francis Bacon (UK)
1595/1608 : refracting telescope (Netherlands)
1609 : improved by Galileo (Italy)

Newspaper (1605, Belgium/France/Germany)The world's first printed newspapers were the Relation aller fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien published in Strasbourg (Germany at the time, now France), and the Nieuwe Tijdingen, published the same year in Antwerp (part of the Spanish Netherlands at the time, now Belgium).
Calculator (1623-1954)
1623 : automatic calculator invented by Wilhelm Schickard (Germany)
1642 : adding machine invented by Blaise Pascal (France)
1954 : electronic calculator invented by IBM (USA)

Barometer (1643, Italy)Invented by Evangelista Torricelli.

Daily newspaper (1645, Germany)The Einkommende Zeitungen in Lepizing.

Pendulum clock (1657, Netherlands)Invented by Christiaan Huygens.

Pressure cooker (1679, France)Invented by Denis Papin.

Clarinet (1690, Germany)Invented by Johann Christoph Denner.

Steam engine (1698, UK)Invented by Thomas Savery in 1698, and improved by James Watt in 1769.