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Seed Drill
In 1701 Jethro Tull invented the seed drill, it improved growing crops. -
Thomas Newcome
Thomas Newcomen creates the steam engine. Later on, James Watt makes a numerous amount of improventments to the Newcome engine in 1769. -
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Textiles and Steams
In 1793, the cotton gin came into place by a man named Eli Whitney. -
Flying Shuttle
John Kay invents the flying shuttle. -
James Hargreaves
James invents the spinning jenny. -
Mr. Arkwright
Richard Arkwright patents the water frame -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin. -
Robert Fulton begins steamboat transportation.
After all the inventions were made, Fulton starts steamboat transportation on the Hudson River. -
George Stephenson begins rail service
Stephenson's invention helped make transportation easier from Liverpool to London -
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Spread of the Industrial Revolution
During this time period the Industrial Revolution Spread to America and further than just Europe. -
Telegraph
Samuel F.B. morse invents the telegraph. The telegraph was a way of sending messages across a distance along a wire. -
Steamship Service
Samuel Cunard begins a transatlantic steamship service. -
Henry Bessemer
A man named Henry Bessemer invents the Bessemer converter which molten iron is changed into steel. -
Oil in America!
The first oil well is drilled into Pennsylvania. -
Union Strikes
Britain gives rights to labor unions to strike and revolt. -
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Electricty and Chemicals
In the late 19th and early 20th century famous inventors like Smaul F.B. Morse, Alexander Graham, Thomas Edison, Rudolf Diesel, and The Wright Brothers played a big part in the Industrial Revolution. -
Our main way of communication is invented
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone. -
Let there be light!
Mr. Edison invents the indandescent light bulb. An indandescent light bulb is a bulb that is producing light from being heated. -
Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf patents the diesel engine. -
Oh, the places you'll go!
The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight.