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Industrial Revolution
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Thomas Newcomen's steam engine
The steam engine, also known as Newcomen engine, was a very important invention, it allowed to keep water out of coal mines, that started the industrial revolution. The engine uses heat up water to produce steam which will move the mechanism. The engine was very efficient for that time and allowed to do very difficult job with ease. -
John Kay's flying shuttle.
This was a key invention for the industrial revolution, it tremendously accelerated weaving, by allowing the shuttle carrying the weft to be passed through the warp threads faster and over a greater width of cloth. -
First threshing machine.
Although this allowed for much faster and efficient collection of crops rather than men power, it resulted in huge unemployment for people. -
James Brindley's Bridgewater Canal opens.
Barges carry coal from Worsley to Manchester. -
James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny.
Allowed for much faster production of yarn, it does it by allowing to work on multiple spools at once. -
Watt's first efficient steam engine.
Much more efficient steam engine than the Newcomen's. -
First steam powered mills.
Uses steam engine to increase afficency in milling production. -
Cartwright builds a power loom.
The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright. Leater on the loom was compleatly automatic, resulted in job losses. -
William Murdock lights his home with coal gas.
William was an assistant of the Boulton Watt (creator of steam engine). His invention allowed for houses to be light with gas. -
Eli Whitney develops his cotton gin.
This machine allowed for much faster separation of cotton from the seeds increasing the productivity. -
Robert Fulton's Clermont first successful steamboat.
This was the first commercially successful boat. It was very efficient at transporting since it utilized steam engine. -
Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation.
Faraday was the first to publish his results of the experiments. This invention allowed for further concerning of electromagnetism and usage of it in other inventions. -
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph.
This was one of the biggest breakthroughs for all people. Communication across continents became much easier and time consuming. -
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.
Before this invention people had to make their own cloth. Now with cloth production being industrialized cloth became much cheaper and available. -
Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break.
Elevators with safety brakes allowed people to use elevators and not worry about their lives every time they use one. Safety of people rose a lot after this invention. -
Alfred Nobel creates dynamite.
Invention of dynamite was another major invention for the world. People were able to use it to clear paths for building, blow up rocks in the mountains for mining. This was also much safer way of doing these thing rather than just lighting up black powder. -
Louis Pasteur develops vaccines for diseases.
Before Louis created vaccines conventional medicine could only help so much. Many people were dying to common diseases, Louis thought that germs cause these diseases and through the experiments and using this information he created vaccines. -
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
Alexander was the one who got a patent for the telephone but not necessarily created it himself. THe telephone allowed for even faster communications on great distances around the world, we use telephones for this day. -
Thomas Edison invents a light bulb lamp.
Commercially practical incandesced light. Another very important invention which we use untill now, it allowed for people to work safely in well lit rooms, it had a ton of other uses . -
The Brooklyn Bridge opens.
After 13 years of construction The Brooklyn Bridge was a biggest suspension bridge ever built. It mad transportation very easy and afficient. -
Orville Wright makes the first powered airplane flight.
First men to create a plane and fly a decent distance on it. Creation of planes and flight completely revolutionized transportation and exploration around the world. -
Henry Ford creates the Model T.
It was an automobile, first affordable automobile. Creation of this vehicle brought efficiency in transportation and traveling to a whole new level, With mass production of cars like this many people could afford it, we still use automobiles similar to this.
