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  2. Cro-Magnon - Wikipedia

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    Consequently, large swathes of Europe were uninhabitable, and two distinct cultures emerged with unique technologies to adapt to the new environment: the Solutrean in southwestern Europe, which invented brand new technologies, and the Epi-Gravettian from Italy to the East European Plain, which adapted the previous Gravettian technologies.

  3. Printing press - Wikipedia

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    By 1500, the printing presses in operation throughout Western Europe had already produced more than twenty million copies. [5] In the following century, their output rose tenfold to an estimated 150 to 200 million copies. [5] European printing presses of around 1600 were capable of producing between 1,500 [51] and 3,600 impressions per workday. [3]

  4. History of rail transport - Wikipedia

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    the period up to 1839 – the first plans were made for a railroad, 1840–1860 – railroads experienced their early expansion, 1860–1890 – the government started ordering the construction of new lines, 1890–1938 – the different railroads were consolidated into two large railroads,

  5. Abacus - Wikipedia

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    Bi-quinary coded decimal-like abacus representing 1,352,964,708. An abacus (pl.: abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a hand-operated calculating tool which was used from ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, until the adoption of the Arabic numeral system. [1]

  6. Scissors - Wikipedia

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    Spring scissors continued to be used in Europe until the 16th century. However, pivoted scissors of bronze or iron, in which the blades were pivoted at a point between the tips and the handles, the direct ancestor of modern scissors, were invented by the Romans around 100 AD. [6]

  7. History of mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Personal tools. Create account; ... were transmitted to Europe in the 16th ... Kepler's calculations were made simpler by the contemporaneous invention of logarithms ...

  8. Craftsman (tools) - Wikipedia

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    Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear.Originally a house brand established by Sears, the brand is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker.. As with all Sears products, Craftsman tools were not manufactured by Sears during the company's ownership, but made under contract by various other companies.

  9. Bone tool - Wikipedia

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    Bone tools had mainly been made from bone splinters or were cut into a useful shape. Archaeologists are convinced that bone tools were purposefully made by deer antlers cut into shape. [1] The bone was fashioned into tools such as spoons, knives, awls, pins, fish hooks, needles, flakers, hide scrapers and reamers.