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Scientific Instrument Inventions

Key scientific instruments such as the telescope, microscope, and barometer matched with their inventor and approximate date, one instrument per card.

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Anemometer
Invented by Leon Battista Alberti, 1450
Theodolite
Invented by Leonard Digges, 1551
Telescope
Invented by Hans Lipperhey, 1608
Barometer
Invented by Evangelista Torricelli, 1643
Pendulum clock
Invented by Christiaan Huygens, 1656
Manometer
Invented by Kaspar Schott, 1657
Rain gauge
Invented by Christopher Wren, 1662
Transit telescope
Invented by Olaus Roemer, 1690
Photometer
Invented by Pierre Bouguer, 1729
Calorimeter
Invented by Joseph Black, 1761
Sextant
Invented by John Campbell, 1757
Chronometer
Invented by John Harrison, 1759
Hygrometer
Invented by Horace-Benedict de Saussure, 1783
Electroscope
Invented by Abraham Bennet, 1787
Galvanometer
Invented by Hans Christian Oersted, 1820

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