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Apr 9, 1563
Stocking Frames
Rev. William Lee, born at Woodborough near Nottingham, invents the Stocking Frame, a mechanical device for knitting stockings. -
Period: Apr 9, 1563 to
History of Global Indsutrial Revolution
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1712 Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine
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1750- 1850 Industrial revolution begins and develops in UK, and soon spreads throughout the world.
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-spinning jenny is invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves in England.
The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning frame. It was invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves in England. The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. This grew to 120 as technology advanced. -
James Watt’s first engines were installed and working in commercial enterprises.
The first practical steam-powered engine was a water pump, developed in 1698 by Thomas Savery. Then improving on the design of the 1712 Newcomen engine, the Watt steam engine was developed sporadically from 1763 to 1775 and was the next great step in the development of the steam engine. In around 1800, Richard Trevithick introduced engines using high-pressure steam.England began to manufacture practical and inexpensive articles, which could be exported if they were produced on a large-scale. -
1790-1815 Sweden’s agricultural revolution and industrialization.
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the passage of the Embargo Act -the real impetus for America entering the Industrial Revolution.
1807- the passage of the Embargo Act -the real impetus for America entering the Industrial Revolution. -
1815–1860 French industrialization, along with Britain.
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First camera image
1826 The first permanent photograph of a camera image was made in 1826 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce using a sliding wooden box camera. The picture was made after 8 hours of exposure. -
1830-1880 Germany’s railway development
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a large labour force
most Englishmen were laboring in industrial towns and Great Britain had become the workshop of the world. -
China's Self-Strengthening Movement
1861–1895 China begins its Self-Strengthening Movement, which involves nationwide industrialization and Military modernization in order to defeat western colonial powers. -
Second Industrial Revolution
1870-1914 Second Industrial Revolution included the chemical industries, petroleum refining and distribution, electrical industries. -
Industiral Revolution In Japan
1870 – In Japan, the industrial revolution began about as Meiji period leaders decided to catch up with the West. -
Invention of cars
Karl Benz built (and subsequently patented) the first automobile, powered by his own four-stroke cycle gasoline engine in Mannheim, Germany. -
Invention of planes
The first powered plane was invented and tested by the Wright brothers in 1903 -
Kemal's reforms
1931–1938 Turkey began its modernization during Kemal’s presidency, which is also known as Kemal’s new deal or Kemal’s reforms, involved national industrialization ,economic reforms, and development of language and education. -
London Fog incident
From Dec 5- 9 1952, the fog caused 12,000 deaths and that 25,000 more people had claimed sickness that resulted from London during that period. -
China’s economic reforms
3 years after Communist leader Mao’s death, China’s economic reforms were hammered out and started to be implemented. After 27 years of Mao’s devastating rule, China's leaders decided to give up communism and end "class war". Since then, people were allowed to run their own businesses, international and commercial activities were no longer banned, and China started its modernaztion and industrialization.
