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1st Reliable Steam Engine
Built by James Watt -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
Key events, inventions, laws, etc. Which occurred during the industrial revolution. -
First Canal(s)
Built by James Brindley; and other smaller unmentioned but just as highly credible contributors -
Steamboat
Built by John Fitch -
Cotton Gin
Built by Eli Whitney -
Health and Morals of Apprentices Act
Improve working conditions for apprentices -
First Railway Steam Locomotive
Built by Richard Trevithick -
Luddite Riots
Riots characterized by Englishmen who destroyed all the machines in nearby factories in fear that they would take their places -
Steam Powered Elevator
Built by Burton and Hormer -
Factory Act
Made to improve working conditions for children and women -
Mines and Collieries Act
Made to improve the working conditions for those in mines; mainly for children and women -
Morse Code (Telegraph)
First ever Morse Code message sent; created by Samuel F.B. Morse -
Sewing Machine
Invented by Elias Howe -
Elevator safety break
Created by Elisha Otis -
Transatlantic Cable
Invented by Cyrus Field -
Origin of Species
The revolutionary book which brought forth ideas of evolution, natural selection and much more; by Charles Darwin -
Typewriter
Invented by Christopher Latham Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soule -
Telephone
Created by Alexander Graham Bell -
Light Bulb
Invented by Thomas Edison -
Diesel Engine
Built by Rudolf Diesel -
First Airplane
Built by Orville and Wilbur 1903
