In the mid-18th century, France's Lavoisier and Russia's Lomonosov proposed the theory that combustion is the oxidation of substances.
In 1755, Euler of Switzerland established the equation of motion for viscous fluids - Euler's equation.
In 1764, Hargreaves of England invented the vertical, multi-spindle, manually operated spinning jenny.
In 1769, Watt of England obtained an independent patent for a practical condenser, thus completing the invention of the steam engine. This steam engine was put into operation in 1776, with a thermal efficiency of 2 to 4.
Gunot of France made a three-wheeled steam car, which was the first car that could actually drive.
From 1772 to 1794, Wallow and Vaughan in England invented ball bearings.
In 1774, Wilkinson of England invented a more sophisticated barrel boring machine. This was the first real machine tool - a machine for processing machines. It was successfully used to machine the cylinder block, allowing the Watt steam engine to be put into operation.
In 1785, Coulomb of France used the concept of mechanical mesh to explain dry friction and proposed the friction theory for the first time.
England's Cartwright invented the power loom, completing the transition from handicraft and factory handicraft industry to large-scale machine industry.
In 1786, the British engineer Sitz invented the ear cutting machine.
In 1787, Wilkinson of England built the first iron ship.
In 1789, France first proposed the concept of "metric system". The Asif meter ruler (archival meter ruler) was made in 1799.
In 1790, St. Thomas of England invented a chain-type single-stitch hand-operated sewing machine for sewing boots and shoes. This was the first sewing machine in the world. .
In the 1790s, British Bentham successively invented the planer, single-axis woodworking milling machine, router and woodworking drilling machine.
In 1792, Maudsley of England invented the tap and die for processing threads.
In 1794, Wilkinson in England built a cupola.
In 1795, Bramer in England invented the hydraulic press.
In 1797, Maudsley of England invented a lathe with a lead screw, light rod, feed tool holder and guide rail, which could turn threads with different pitches.
In 1799, Monge of France published the book "Drawing Geometry", which made drawing geometry the basis of projection theory for mechanical drawing.