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Mostly false, some examples: Magnifying glass: Roger Bacon, English, 13th century. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-magnifying-glass Fountain pen: Petrache Poenaru, Romanian, 1827. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrache_Poenaru Flywheel: 6k BCE in China. Modern flywheel by James Watt, a Scottish inventor. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/science/reinventing-the-flywheel/2011/04/11/AFfd1J1D_story.html https://www.sandia.gov/ess-ssl/publications/SAND2015-3976.pdf Crankshaft: Vitruvius, Roman, 1st century BCE. https://oxfordre.com/classics/oso/viewentry/10.1093$002facrefore$002f9780199381135.001.0001$002facrefore-9780199381135-e-8057
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