Wow, erm.. lots of things! This is the time of the industrial revolution, so steam-power in trains and machines. Oh, yes the BRITISH invented basketball in 1755 see:http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/ABA87FAD-7BC7-415E-8912-223D61B83252/
Lot's of inventions came about in this periiod of time, including inventitions such as the electric light bulb, pasteurisation (named after Louis Pasteur) and the telephone,a ll of which have changed...