1 and 2 Industrial Revolution

  • T. Newcomen’s steam engine

    T. Newcomen’s steam engine
    It was built to a design created by Thomas Newcomen, who created the first steam engine to pump water by devising a method to generate power from atmospheric pressure.
  • John Ray's flying shuttle

    John Ray's flying shuttle
    John Kay was an English inventor, known for being the father of the flying shuttle, a production tool he developed in 1733 that allowed cotton to weave at greater scale and speed than by hand.
  • Edmund cartwright’s power loom

    Edmund cartwright’s power loom
    Edward Cartwright was an English cleric and inventor who created the first mechanical loom.
  • James Watt’s steam engine

    James Watt’s steam engine
    The Watt steam engine, also known as the Boulton and Watt steam engine, was the first practical steam engine, becoming one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution.
  • James hargreaves spinning jenny.

    James hargreaves spinning jenny.
    Jenny was a hilator, invented in 1764 by James Hargreavez in Stanhill, near the Blackburn of Lancashire (England).
  • Stephson Puffing Devil

    Stephson Puffing Devil
    Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, and his most significant contributions were the development of the first high-pressure steam engine and the first working railway steam locomotive.
  • Richard Arkwright’s water mill.

    Richard Arkwright’s water mill.
    Water frame developed by Richard Arkwright in 1775. Installed in water powered factories, the machine could spin large quantities of cotton yarn.
  • R.Fulton's steamboat.

    R.Fulton's steamboat.
    Robert Fulton's steamboat was important because it made transportation and trade by the river more feasible. Before the steamboat, most trade/travel was done by wind-powered sailboats, whose speed depended on weather conditions and river currents.
  • Luddites opposed machines in textile indutry.

    Luddites opposed machines in textile indutry.
    The Luddites were members of a 19th-century movement of English textile workers who opposed the use of certain types of cost-saving / wage stealing machinery, and often destroyed the machines in clandestine raids.
  • Transconditional neibroad.

    Transconditional neibroad.
    A transcontinental railway is an adjacent rail network that crosses a mass of continental land, with terminals in different oceans or continental borders.
  • Edidon's ligth club.

    Edidon's ligth club.
    Light bulbs with a carbon filament were first demonstrated by Thomas Edison in October 1879. These carbon filament bulbs, the first electric light bulbs, became available commercially that same year.
  • The first skycraper in chicago.

    The first skycraper in chicago.
    In architectural history, one structure stands as the leader of a new era—the Home Insurance Building. Completed in 1885 on LaSalle Street between Adams and Monroe, it holds the distinction of being among the world's first skyscrapers.
  • First moving picture.

    First moving picture.
    The first motion picture ever shot was Roundhay Garden Scene, shot in 1888. Louis Le Prince dazzles the eye with a remarkable display of 4 people walking in a garden, creating this 2.11-second cinematic masterpiece.
  • Invention of the Radio

    Invention of the Radio
    Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (pictured at right) became known across the world as the most successful inventor in applying radio waves to human communication in the 1890s. In 1895 he sent a wireless Morse Code message to a source more than a kilometer away.
  • Wright brother's first fligth

    Wright brother's first fligth
    The Wright Flyer was the first motor flying machine built by the Wright Brothers.
  • First plastics.

    First plastics.
    The 20th century saw a revolution in plastic production: the advent of entirely synthetic plastics. Belgian chemist and clever marketeer Leo Baekeland pioneered the first fully synthetic plastic in 1907.
  • Henry Ford's T model

    Henry Ford's T model
    The Model T was introduced to the world in 1908. Henry Ford wanted the Model T to be affordable, simple to operate, and durable. The vehicle was one of the first mass production vehicles, allowing Ford to achieve his aim of manufacturing the universal car.
  • Beginning of the WW1

    Beginning of the WW1
    The First World War, also known as the First Great War, was a worldwide but European-centered military conflict, which began on 28 July 1914 and ended on 11 November 1918, when Germany accepted the conditions of the armistice.