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Wedgwood begins to manufacture pottery.
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James Watt builds improved steam train. Hargreaves invents Spinning jenny
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James Watt invents first rotative engine.
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Eli Watt's cotton gin built.
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First Camera. First steam engine built.
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First mechanical reaper.
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Morse sends first telegraphic message between Washington and Baltimore.
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Great exhibition opens in London's Crystal Palace.
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Mass production of steel invented.
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Construction of the London underground rail system begins
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Overland telegraph links south Australia with Darwin in north
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Internal combustion engine developed in Germany.
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First electric trams, Germany.
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First automobile developed by Daimler and Benz.
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First railroad in China opened.