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From the synonymous sentences above, it follows that an invention can consist in a new device, apparatus, or mechanism which permits innovation, or in a new idea or formula in which the innovation is based. In principle, invention supposes the progress of knowledge or some type of know-how, and innovation implies the application of this knowledge or these skills, therefore transforming the production activity or the attainment of an objective. It becomes a practical activity, a progress which was already present in the knowledge or the skills.
Thus for example, the invention of the first formula for chlorineproposed by Wilhelm Scheele in 1774 permitted innovating shortly afterwards (starting from 1790) the method of whitening fabrics, which created a viable finish for the large-scale textile production of the industrial revolution; and in...
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Carañana, C.D., Peris-Ortiz, M., Merigó Lindahl, J.M. (2017). Invention as a Precedent for Innovation. In: Encyclopedia of Creativity, Invention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6616-1_200008-1
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