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Thomas Newcomen invented the first productive steam engine pump.
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Jethro Tull creates the first seed drill and cultivator.
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1733- In 1733, John Kay invented the flying shuttle, an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster.
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Andrew Meikle created the threshing machine which separates grains from plants.
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James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. The machine spins more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time, making it easier and faster to make cloth.
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Cartwright invents power-loom for weaving cloth.
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Eli Whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. It greatly reduces the time it takes to clean cotton and helps the southern states make more money from cotton crops.
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Robert Fulton created the first steamboat, called the Clermont.
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George Stephenson patented a steam engine locomotive that ran on rails.
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Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River.
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Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.
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Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Having a way to make steel more quickly and more cheaply helps the production of building and leads to the growth of cities.
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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, which is a safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground than simply lighting black powder. Dynamite is important in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks.
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A chemist named Louis Pasteur believed that germs caused disease. Using this information, he created vaccines that helped prevent many common diseases.
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Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-born scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone.
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Edison's light bulbs allow people to do many things at night, such as work, that used to only happen during the day.
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Karl Benz created the first auto mobile to sell.
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Rudolf Diesel created the diesel engine, which powered larger vehicles
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Using an engine that they invented, Orville and Wilbur Wright invent the first plane that is not powered by wind. Orville flies the plane for 12 seconds over a beach in North Carolina.
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Henry Ford creates a type of car called the Model T. It is much cheaper than other cars because it is made on an assembly line, allowing many more people to buy cars.
