Industrial Revolution Timelines

1620

Submarine John Phillip Holland The world's first practical submarine was built in 1620 by Dutch engineer Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel, under the patronage of James 1 of England.
1656

The first mechanical clocks, employing the verge escapement mechanism with a foliot or the balance wheel timekeeper, were invented in Europe at around the start of the 14th century
1698

The steam engine was developed over a period of about a hundred years by three British inventors. The first crude steam-powered machine was built by Thomas Savery Savery built his machine to help pump water out of coal mines.
1764

Spinning Machine Samuel Slater combines the two steps of adding the twist and winding on the yarn into a continual process.
1787

John Fitch built steamboats but they were expensive to build and to operate. they were so expensive, his steamboats were unsuccessful. The first successful steamboat was the Clermont, which was built by American inventor Robert Fulton
1793

Cotten gin Eli Whitney He invented a cotton gin that was popular in the South. The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney's cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.
1793

Eli Whitney invented the machine He invented a cotton gin that was popular in the South. The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney's cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.
1825

Babcock square piano (Boston) Alpheus Babcock was an extraordinarily innovative piano maker, best known for his invention of the one-piece cast iron string frame. he learned piano building from Benjamin Crehore
1829

Waterwheel Lester Pelton He made it so people could have a cheap version of hydroelectric power.
1873

Shoe-lasting machine Jan Matzeliger he patented a shoe lasting machine that increased the availability of shoes and decreased the price of footwear.
1874

The radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation. ... In 1896, the Italian Guglielmo Marconi patented the first functional system of telegraphy through the radio.
1879

Filament for an electric light bulb Lewis Latimer The first successful test was on 22 October 1879 and lasted 13.5 hours. a US patent for an electric lamp using a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires.
1888

Electric street car Frank Sprague So people could go places faster

Submarine John Phillip Holland The world's first practical submarine was built in 1620 by Dutch engineer Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel, under the patronage of James 1 of England.

The first mechanical clocks, employing the verge escapement mechanism with a foliot or the balance wheel timekeeper, were invented in Europe at around the start of the 14th century

The steam engine was developed over a period of about a hundred years by three British inventors. The first crude steam-powered machine was built by Thomas Savery Savery built his machine to help pump water out of coal mines.

Spinning Machine Samuel Slater combines the two steps of adding the twist and winding on the yarn into a continual process.

John Fitch built steamboats but they were expensive to build and to operate. they were so expensive, his steamboats were unsuccessful. The first successful steamboat was the Clermont, which was built by American inventor Robert Fulton

Cotten gin Eli Whitney He invented a cotton gin that was popular in the South. The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney's cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.

Eli Whitney invented the machine He invented a cotton gin that was popular in the South. The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney's cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.

Babcock square piano (Boston) Alpheus Babcock was an extraordinarily innovative piano maker, best known for his invention of the one-piece cast iron string frame. he learned piano building from Benjamin Crehore

Waterwheel Lester Pelton He made it so people could have a cheap version of hydroelectric power.

Shoe-lasting machine Jan Matzeliger he patented a shoe lasting machine that increased the availability of shoes and decreased the price of footwear.

The radio waves are a form of electromagnetic radiation. ... In 1896, the Italian Guglielmo Marconi patented the first functional system of telegraphy through the radio.

Filament for an electric light bulb Lewis Latimer The first successful test was on 22 October 1879 and lasted 13.5 hours. a US patent for an electric lamp using a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platina contact wires.

Electric street car Frank Sprague So people could go places faster