Some new inventions, designs and ideas that were created in the 1780s include:
-1780 Bifocal glasses were invented by Benjamin Franklin
-1780 The circular saw was invented by Gervinus
-1784 The threshing machine was invented by Andrew Meikle
-1786 The steamboat was invented by John Fitch
-1785 The working parachute was invented by Blanchard
-1785 The power loom was invented by Edmund Cartwright
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