Industrial Revolution

  • Industrial

    Industrial

    The steam engine is invented.
  • James Watt improves the steam engine.

    James Watt improves the steam engine.

    James Watt from Scotland designs a more efficient steam engine.
  • Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break.

    Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break.

    People worried about elevator cars falling so Elisha Otis invented safety breaks.
  • Alfred Nobel creates dynamite.

    Alfred Nobel creates dynamite.

    Is a safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground than simply lighting black powder
  • The Brooklyn Bridge opens.

    The Brooklyn Bridge opens.

    After 13 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge is finished in New York City.
  • Louis Pasteur develops vaccines for diseases.

    Louis Pasteur develops vaccines for diseases.

    He believed that germs caused disease.
  • Orville Wright makes the first powered airplane flight.

    Orville Wright makes the first powered airplane flight.

    Orville and Wilbur Wright invent the first plane that is not powered by wind.

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