Industrial revolution

  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine

    Thomas Newcomen invents the first steam engine
  • Lightning Rod

    Lightning Rod

    Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod
  • Spinning Jenny

    Spinning Jenny

    The spinning jenny is invented by James Hargreaves.
  • Steamship

    Steamship

    Jacques Perrier invented the steamship
  • Circular Saw

    Circular Saw

    Gervinus invents the circular saw
  • Electrical Light

    Electrical Light

    Humphry Davy invents the first electrical light
  • Propeller

    Propeller

    Francis Pettit Smith and John Ericcson invented the propeller
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    Samuel Morse invents the telegraph
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine

    Elias Howe invented the sewing machine
  • Bessemer Method

    Bessemer Method

    Henry Bessemer creates a process for making steel into iron
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite

    Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
  • Traffic Lights

    Traffic Lights

    J P Knight invented traffic lights
  • Vaccines

    Vaccines

    Louis Pasteur creates vaccines for common diseases.
  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire

    Joseph Glidden Invented barbed wire
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Improved Lightbulbs

    Improved Lightbulbs

    Thomas Edison improves the lightbulb so it will last longer than other designs.
  • Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge

    The Brooklyn bridge opens after 13 years of construction,
  • Deisel Fueled Combustion Engine

    Deisel Fueled Combustion Engine

    Rudolf Diesel invented the diesel fueled internal combustion engine
  • Powered Airplane

    Powered Airplane

    Orville wright makes the first flight with a powered airplane.
  • Model T

    Model T

    Henry ford creates the model t which is the first car to be made on an assembly line