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Can you solve it? The forgotten Dutch invention that created the modern world

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 8 December

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There are many contenders for “world’s greatest invention.” The wheel. The printing press. The steam engine.

According to a new book, however, that title should go to the mechanised sawmill invented by Dutchman Cornelis Corneliszoon in 1593.