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T.Newcomen's steam engine
It was built to a design created by Thomas Newcomen, who created the first steam engine to pump water by devising a method to generate power from atmospheric pressure. -
John kaiy's flying shuttle
Kay mounted his shuttle on wheels in a track and used paddles to shoot the shuttle from side to side when the weaver jerked a cord. Using the flying shuttle, one weaver could weave fabrics of any width more quickly than two could before. -
James Hargreave's spinning jenny
James Hargreaves invented the spining jenny in 1764. The spining jenny reduced the amount of work needed to produce cloth, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once. -
James Watt's steam engine
James Watt's steam engine was created in 1769 and increased efficiency. Driving the Industrial Revolution. -
Richard Arkwright's water mill
Water mill developed by Richard Arkwright in 1771. Installed in water powered factories, the machine could spin large quantities of cotton yarn. -
Samuel Crompston's spinning mule
The spinning mule was invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779. It revolutionised textile production by vastly increasing the amount of cotton that could be spun at any one time. -
Edmund Cartwright power loom
The power loom is a mechanised device used to weave cloth and tapestry. It was one of the key developments in the industrialisation of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. -
R.Fulton's steamboat
Robert Fulton's steamboat was important because it made transportation and trade by the river more feasible. -
Luddites opposed machine 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
Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, constructed in 1813 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United Kingdom. -
First plastics
Its inventor, the Birmingham-born artisan-cum-chemist Alexander Parkes, patented this new material in 1862 as Parkesine. Considered the first manufactured plastic, it was a cheap and colourful substitute for ivory or tortoiseshell. -
Transcontinental railroad
America's first transcontinental railroad originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the was a 1,911-mile continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network -
Edison's light bulb
By January 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison had built his first high resistance, incandescent electric light. -
The first skyscraper in chicago
The Home Insurance Building in Chicago, opened in 1885, is, however, most often labeled the first skyscraper because of its innovative use of structural steel in a metal frame design. -
first moving picture
The earliest surviving film, known today as the Roundhay Garden Scene (1888), was captured by Louis Le Prince and briefly depicted members of his family in motion. -
Invention of the radio
Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi (pictured at right) became known across the world as the most successful inventor in applying radio waves to human communication in the 1890s he sent a wireless Morse Code message to a source more than a kilometer away. -
Wright brother's flight
After building and testing three full-sized gliders, the Wrights' first powered airplane flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903 -
Henry ford's T model
The Model T was introduced to the world in 1908. Henry 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
Increasing diplomatic tensions between the European great powers reached a breaking point on 28 June 1914, when a Bosnian Serb named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand