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First Industrial Revolution
Some European regions started to move from artisanal to industrial production, replacing workshops to factories. Factories were build next to the river to use the energy of running water. Machines allowed larger amounts of identical goods to be produced in lees time. The change from artisanal to industrial affected the worker lives because their lifestyle changed. -
lightning rod
Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod, setting the foundation for studying electricity. -
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Second Industrial Revolution
The second industrial revolution happened around 1870. The capitalist system was already established and industrial production diversified. Some countries (Great Britain, France, Japan, the United States, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy) adopted the new methods of production. New inventions helped to increase the speed of industrialisation. For example, the invention of the combustion engine made it possible to manufacture cars. The energy sources were coal and water. -
Oil is discovered
Oil is discovered in Titusville, which would soon become the centre of the nation’s oil drilling and refining industry. -
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3rd Industrial Revolution
The Third Industrial Revolution, or Digital Revolution, began in the late 1900s and is characterized by the spread of automation and digitization through the use of electronics and computers, the invention of the Internet, and the discovery of nuclear energy, in China -
Humanoid robot
The Japanese Waseda University completes the WABOT-1 project, creating the world’s first full-scale intelligent humanoid robot. -
The first web page
The first ‘web page’ is created by Tim Berners-Lee.The World's First Website Launched 30 Years Ago The world's first website, which contained information about the World Wide Web itself.