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Permits large scale planting in rows, fro easier cultivation between the rows.
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Abraham Darby uses coke to smelt Iron Ore, replacing wood and charcol as fuel.
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Thomas Newcomen builds first commercially successful Steam Engine. Able to keep deep coal mines clear of water. First Signicant power source other than wind and water.
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John Kay's Flying Shuttle.
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First threshing Machine.
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Cartwright builds the Power loom.
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Robert Trevithick demonstrates a Steam Locomotive.
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Robert Fulton's Clermont first successful Steam Boat.
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Faraday demonstrates Electro-Magnetic Rotation, the principle of the electric motor.
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Morse developes the Telegraph and Morse Code. Great Western, first ocean going steamship.
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Singer invents first practical Sewing Machine and Natural Sciences Tripos at Cambridge.
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Elisha Otis invents the Elevator Safety Brake making skyscrapers possible.
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Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
Edwin Drake strikes Oil in Pennsylvania.
Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful Gasoline Engine. -
Alfred Nobel produces dynamite, the first high explosive which can be safety handled.
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Bell invents the Telephone.
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Benz developes first Automobile to run on Internal- combustion engine.
