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Industrial Revolution
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First Commercial Steam Engine Was Produced
Thomas Savery created a steam engine to pump water from mines in England. -
flying shuttle for hand looms
John Kay invented these to make hand looms easier to use in England. -
spinning machine
In England, the first spinning machine was patetented by Thomas
Highs. -
textile mills in England
Britain invented the first textile mills . -
Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny to spin more than one ball of yarn at once in england. -
James Watt Consender
In England James Watt invented a consender for a steam engine. -
steam-powered caraige
Jeffrey Ezell invented the first steam-powered caraige in England for more practical transportation. -
iron cast bridge
Abraham Darby III invented the bridge over the Severn River in 1779. -
boring machine
James Henry Greathead was an engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railway. -
Watt perfects steam engine
James Watt perfects the steam engine in England to make travels easier. -
spinning mule perfected
In 1779, Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule that combined the moving carriage of the spinning jenny with the rollers of the water frame. -
threshing machine invented
The Threshing machine was invented by Andrew Meikle. -
steamboat launched in Delaware River
John Fitch launched a steamboat on the deleware river. -
slater copies machine from england
Slater conducts the first industrial espionage campaign. -
telegraph in Paris
Yhe first telegraph in paris. -
first vaccination against small pox
Dr edward Jenner invented the smallpox vaccination -
first submarine
Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was the Dutch builder of the first navigable submarine in 1620. Drebbel was an innovator who contributed to the development of measurement and control systems, optics and chemistry. -
Dalton atomic theory
An atomic theory is a model developed to explain the properties and behaviors of atoms. As with any scientific theory, an atomic theory is based on scientific evidence available at any given time and serves to suggest future lines of research about atoms. -
Luddites riot
Luddites, a group of English men who felt that machines were ultimatley threatening their lives, are gathered around a fire. Here they are burning the machines they feel are putting their jobs and way of life in danger. -
francis Lowell modern textile factory in Massachusets
francis Lowell modern textile factory in Massachusets -
Electromagnetism discovered
Hans Christian Orsted discovered electromagnetism in 1820 when he observed a compass needle being moved by the current of an electric battery he was using while preparing for a lecture. -
Stockton-to-Darlington railroad
The first public train is made that stretches from Stockton to Darlington. -
Photographs!
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS!!!!!!!!!! -
worlds first computer
The first computer to do simple things such as 34 times 867 -
electromagnetic induction
Michael Faraday discovered the electromagnetic induction in 1831 -
telegraph for 2 miles
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GB 120,000 power looms
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Morse demonstrates electriv telegraph
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first electric clock
The very fifst way for humans to be exacttly on time. -
telegraph between baltimore and washington D.C.
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electric lights in Paris opera
electric lights in Paris opera -
first practical battery for storing electricity
The first battery that could power electronics for a while. -
first practical internal combustion engine
Nicolaus Otto invented a gas motor engine in 1876. He built the first practical four-stroke internal combustion engine, called the "Otto Cycle Engine" -
first transatlantic telegraph
Firdt telegraph on sea. (atlantic Ocean) -
Alexander Graham petentes telephone
Alexander Graham perfects telephone even though most people can't afford it. -
Thomas edison inventes phonograph
In 1877, he created a machine with two needles: one for recording and one for playback. When Edison spoke into the mouthpiece, the sound vibrations of his voice would be indented onto the cylinder by the recording needle. -
Edison invents lightbulb
After thousands of attemps he finnaly invents the lightbulb. -
Edison designs first hydroelectric plant
On September 30, 1882, the world's first hydroelectric power plant began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. -
tesla constructs electric motor
The first electric motor is made. They used this to make cars. -
Ford build his first automobile
Henry Ford builds his first car. The start of a succesful buissiness. -
camera for motion pictures
The first video camera is invented by John Baird -
hydroelectric plant in Niagra Falls N.Y.
The first hydroelectric plant appears to convert water into electricity. -
3,600 eletric utitlities exist in U.S.
Electric units start appearing all over the U.S. -
Marconi sends first transatlantic radio signal
Guglielmo Marconi makes the first radio signal. -
Wright brothers fly first motor-driven plane
They built it in Dayton Ohio that eventually make the planes we know now. -
Ford mass-produces Model T-Ford automobiles on an assembly line
Invented by Henry Ford -
free and compulsory public education exists in every U.S. state.
free and compulsory public education exists in every U.S. state.
