25 35 50 100 200 310 791 978 1,262 1,650 2,519 6,070 million million million million million million million million million million million million OLD!2350 2300 2250 2200 2150 2100 2050 2000 1950 1900 1850 1800 1750 1700 1650 1600 1550 1500 1450 1400 1350 1300 1250 1200 1150 1100 1050 1000 950 900 850 800 750 700 650 600 550 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300 1350 1400 1450 1500 1550 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2050 3000 17101720 1730 1740 17601770 1780 1790 1810 1820 1830 1840 1860 1870 1880 1890 1910 1920 1930 1940 1960 1970 1980 1990 2010 2020 2030 2040 united workshopalessi wells coates hot air baloon friction match e.w.mail godwin order wind tunnelaltoglass chair fiber poulcasette henningsengrillo tapes phone747il conico teapot spicepressed trade glass pca vereinigtefortunyhector werkstäten guimard lamp knollthe arts of denmark tord boontje cauldrons mechanized loom sears roebuck george nelsonvalentinegae aulentie rotary winnowing fan phonographvictor horta alvarbrno aalto chair lcd laminated woodernst haeckel wiener werkstätteelectrolux artemidetypewritermoon walkjuicy salif kites compass dover egg beater paris metroflightband aroundpolystyrene aid worldericofongio ponti kennethchernobyl grange gun powder frenchsteam revolution power photography westinghousec.r. mackintosh marianne brandt frame plough daguerreotypes guildtelephone of handicraft phillips headm&mscanongas screw shortageegg chairfibermag-lite optics written recipes wood block printing mechanical clock movable type steam engine tiffany parker pen ibm cranbrook frogkenji design ekuan pasta glasgowjapan/usa trade fluorescentparsons light henryacrylic dreyfuss(suez crisis) konstantin grcic decimal system chopsticks paper spinning jenny mintonpoweredcharles loom babage pauldingdresser farnhamtiffany bangtranspacific35mm & olufsen camera flight personaltizio lamp computing paged books printing press metric system aluminumsewing machine bellteapot telephoneairplanes solar cellsrichard sapper myto chair thermostat american revolution bessemer steelrisd c.r.siegfried ashbeelamps bingnormananglepoiseblack bel mountain geddessafetybutterflycasio belts stoolpentagram spinning wheel edward c. moore roll film zeppelinsrca humanscalemicroprocessormini van mercator map british glass rosenthalpvc olivetticellophane isokon sonyant chair jonathanwar iveon terrorism jig saw puzzles meissen lead pencils telegraph gutta-perchasiemens c.f.a. voysey l.c. tiffanyph lamprusselpolyurethane wrightmicrowave domestic pigs tax repealed shellacremington no. 1 televisionle creuset measurecoldselectric warof mancellphonesauthentics coal manned flight wedgwood cooper u ge walter gropius nasa rossaeron lovegrove chair suspension bridge inflation springfieldécolealessandro polytechnique armory volta automobiledeutscher werkbundzippers womb chair paper movable type telescope mortarsteam carriage passenger train suffragerayon hermanplywoodphotocopies miller evasputnik zeiselcuisinartconran's new beetle ? 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kodak puiforcat yamaha nike nikon liberty & co renault lego bmw krups benz ford dymaxion car oakley john deere chrysler bugatti honda fiat volvo burton stanley alfa romeo toyota audi jaguar vespa gorham general motors porsche

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paris expo moma good design us design patents paris expo great exhibition america builds columbian expo 1939 world fair expo '67 international paris expo exhibition art deco expo expo '58 centennial expo moma machine art

turin expo industrial arts expo

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pressed glass glass fiber laminated wood lcd polystyrene daguerreotypes fiber optics fluorescent light acrylic paper aluminum bessemer steel solar cells pvc cellophane gutta-percha polyurethane coal shellac rayon plywood bronze glass blowing european led white led 3,000 bc chinese porcelain porcelain cellulose nitrate iron silk lacquer (parkesine) saran polyethylene phosphorescent paint natural rubber nylon copper glass particleboard steel concrete 4,000 bc vulcanized rubber

ceramic 25,000 bc pyrex teflon aluminum neoprene compact fluorescent stainless steel phenolic plastic pet cast iron (bakelite) pewter polypropylene

formica sheet cork

plastic pellets bubble wrap

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spice trade

chernobyl french revolution gas shortage japan/usa trade (suez crisis) american revolution war on terrorism british glass cold war domestic pigs tax repealed suffrage silk road fall of rome opium war renaissance virginia colonies civil rights patent system china/usa trade great depression

recession

unification of china american civil war ww1 french empire begins british colonies begin waterloo ww2 oil crisiss british empire begins

napoleon in egypt british empire ends belgian colonies

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