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James Watt’s steam engine
Watt's steam engine, was the first practical steam engine, becoming one of the driving forces of the Industrial Revolution. -
Thomas. Newcomen’s steam engine
Newcomen's engine, or atmospheric steam engine, was invented in 1712 by Thomas Newcomen, advised by the physicist Robert Hooke and the mechanic John Calley, and was an improvement on Thomas Savery's engine. -
Edmund Cartwright's power loom
Edward Cartwright was an English clergyman and inventor who created the first power loom. -
James Hargreave’s spinning jenny
The Jenny spinning machine was a spinning machine, invented in 1764 by James Hargreaves at Stanhill, near Blackburn in Lancashire, England. This device greatly reduced the labour required for the production of yarn, giving a single worker the ability to handle eight or more reels at a time. -
John Kay’s flying shuttle
John Kay was an English inventor, best known as the father of the flying shuttle, a production tool he developed in 1733 that allowed cotton to be woven on a larger scale and at greater speed than by hand. The son of a wool manufacturer, Kay was the overseer of his father's mill when he was still a young man. -
Samuel Crompton’s spinning mule
was a machine used for spinning cotton and other fibres. They were used extensively from the late 18th century to the early 20th century in factories in Lancashire and elsewhere. -
Richard Arkwright water mill
He replace hand labour in the conversion of raw cotton to thread for weaving. -
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. Most rivers travel north to south, making upstream travel agonizing. -
Luddites opposed machines in textile industry
The original Luddites were British weavers and textile workers who objected to the increased use of mechanized looms and knitting frames. Most were trained artisans who had spent years learning their craft, and they feared that unskilled machine operators were robbing them of their livelihood. -
Stephenson’s “puffing devil”
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Known as the 'Father of Railways', he pioneered rail transport with his invention of the modern steam locomotive and developed the first public inter-city railway line in the world during the 19th century. -
Transconditional railroad
The first transcontinental railway in the United States is the name of a railway line across the United States that linked the city of Omaha, Nebraska, -
Edison’s light bulb
Edison light bulbs, which are incandescent light bulbs of tungsten or carbon filament, or modern bulbs that replicate their appearance. -
The first skyscraper 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 pictures
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. -
Inventor of the radio
In 1895 Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi built the equipment and transmitted electrical signals through the air from one end of his house to the other, and then from the house to the garden. These experiments were, in effect, the dawn of practical wireless telegraphy or radio. -
Wright brother’s first flight
The Wright Flyer was the first powered flying machine built by the Wright brothers. -
First plastics
A key breakthrough came in 1907, when Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland created Bakelite, the first real synthetic, mass-produced plastic. -
Henry Ford’s T model
enry 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
World War I, also known as the Great War, was a global military conflict, although centred in Europe.