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Abraham Darby creates coke from coal
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John Kay invents the flying shuttle allowing improved weaving capacity
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James Watt invents an effective steam engine. Richard Arkwright uses the Watt steam engine to power yarn manufacture on a single machine.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, which processes large quantities of raw cotton.
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Luddite riots occur, in which workers fearful of machines taking their work, smash up machinery
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The first screw propelled ship is invented, the SS Archimedes
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Elias Howe invents the first sewing machine, allowing much faster production of clothing.
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Edwin Drake creates the first productive oil well
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Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
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Karl Benz creates the first internal combustion automobile
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Wilbur and Orville Wright carry out the first aeroplane flight
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Henry Ford creates the first car using a production line, the Model T Ford.