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Chronology Chart

  • Charles Townshend popularized crop rotation

    Charles Townshend popularized crop rotation
  • James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.

    James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny.
  • Richard Arkwright patented and improved the water frame.

    Richard Arkwright patented and improved the water frame.
  • James Watt improved the steam engine.

    James Watt improved the steam engine.
  • Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

    Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
  • Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, an early electric battery.

    Alessandro Volta invented the voltaic pile, an early electric battery.
  • Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the first programmable loom.

    Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the first programmable loom.
  • George Stephenson invented the locomotive.

    George Stephenson invented the locomotive.
  • Samuel Morse invented the single wire telegraph.

    Samuel Morse invented the single wire telegraph.
  • Gottlieb Daimler invented the first successful internal-combustion engine.

    Gottlieb Daimler invented the first successful internal-combustion engine.
  • Louis Daguerre invented an early camera called the daguerreotype.

    Louis Daguerre invented an early camera called the daguerreotype.
  • Henry Bessemer invented a process to produce steel inexpensively.

    Henry Bessemer invented a process to produce steel inexpensively.
  • Alexander Graham Bell invented and patented the first practical telephone.

    Alexander Graham Bell invented and patented the first practical telephone.
  • Thomas Edison invented the first lightbulb.

    Thomas Edison invented the first lightbulb.
  • Guglielmo Marconi invented the first wireless telegraph.

    Guglielmo Marconi invented the first wireless telegraph.