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Steel Mills
Advances in steel manufacturing allowed for mass production due to cheaper costs and faster production. -
Sir Henry Bessemer
Sir Henry's invented the "Bessemer process" which allowed for this mass production of steel at lower costs(pre revolution). -
Skyscrapers
Mass production of steel allowed for more skyscrapers, bridges and railroads, etc. -
Rails
Because of the increase in steel production, iron rails were replaced with steel rails. Steel was more durable. -
Michael Faraday and Electrification
Michael Faraday's inventions became the foundation of "modern" use of electricity in technology -
Iron Mills
Iron production was a big part of the second Revolution. Iron was needed in large quantities to build railroad tracks. -
Blast Furnaces and Hot Blast Stoves
Blast furnaces were used in the production of iron. -
Edward Alfred Cowper
In 1857, Edward Cowper invented the Cowper stove which helped in the production of iron. The stove worked in conjunction with blast furnaces. -
Bessemer Converter
The Bessemer converter which allowed for faster steel production. -
HMS Devastation
In the 1970s, navel battleships evolved. -
Otto Type
The first widely used combustion engine. -
The Telephone
The telephone was patented by Alexander Graham Bell. This helped make business transactions much faster. -
Bicycles
Harry John Lawson designed the first bicycle in 1877. -
Thomas Edison and the Phonograph
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Paper Making
Chemical production of paper became prominent in the 1880s, thus introducing cheaper paper. This allowed the production of more school books. -
Sir Charles Parsons
Sir Charles developed the first steam turbine in 1884. -
Steam Turbine
The steam turbine made it cheap to transfer electricity to naval and marine ships. -
Frank J Sprague
Frank Sprague was able to develop the first DC motor in 1886. -
Karl Benz
In 1886, Karl Benz patented the world's first automobile. -
Assembly Line
Developments to the assembly line came about because of electrification. -
John Boyd Dunlop
With rubber on the rise, John Dunlop pneumatic tyre. -
Benz Patent Motorwagen
The first set of Benz Motorwagens went on sale in the late summer of 1888. -
Kodak Black camera
George Eastman created this camera; the first camera designed. -
Electric stree railways
Due to the motor created by Frank Sprague, electric street railways were becoming a part of the infrastructure. -
Bicycle Boom
In the 1890s bicycles were booming. -
Nikola Tesla
Tesla was responsible for many of the inventions used during the Revolution and what we use today. -
Rudolf Diesel and Herbert Akroyd Stuart
They independently designed the diesel engine in the 1890s -
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo Marconi successfully commercialized the radio. -
Edgar Purnell Hooley
Edgar Hooley was a British engineer who patented modern day tarmac. -
Henry Ford
Ford founded "Ford Motor Company" in 1903. "Mass production would not be possible without electrification." -
First Airplane
Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully executed the first experiment of the airplane. -
Ford Model T
The Model T was first introduced on this date. It's production was made easier because of electrification. -
Large Scale Moving Assembly Line
In 1913, Henry Ford created the first large-scale moving assembly line. -
"Giant Brain"
The first Electronic General-Purpose Computer was introduced.
