Technology
- April 29 - James Watt is granted a British patent for "A method of lessening the consumption of steam in steam engines" – the separate condenser.
- July 3 - Richard Arkwright is granted a British patent for a water-powered spinning frame able to spin thread mechanically.
- Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrates a steam-powered artillery tractor (or 'automobile') in France (see drawing).
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“The real accomplishment of modern science and technology consists in taking ordinary men, informing them narrowly and deeply and then, through appropriate organization, arranging to have their knowledge combined with that of other specialized but equally ordinary men. This dispenses with the need for genius. The resulting performance, though less inspiring, is far more predictable.”
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