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Agricultural
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Invention of Seed Drill
Invention of the seed drill by Jethro Tull in 1701. His mechanical seed drill enabled seeds to be evenly distributed more efficiently over a field. It involved a horse-drawn wheeled device that consisted of rotating drills and runners that would plant seeds at a depth. There was a wheel driven ratchet that sprayed the seed out over the ground. -
Invention of iron plough
The invention of the plough was revolutionary because like the seed drill, it cut labor time in half therefore increasing production of goods -
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Industrial
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Invention of Interchangeable Parts
In the US, Eli Whitney saw the potential benefit of developing "interchangeable parts" for the firearms of the United States military. In July 1801 he built ten guns, all containing the same exact parts and mechanisms, then disassembled them before the United States Congress. He placed the parts in a mixed pile and, with help, reassembled all of the weapons right in front of Congress. Then interchangeable parts became regulatory all over the U.S. -
Invention (Patent Date) of the Mechanicalized Cotton Gin
The modern mechanical cotton gin was invented in the United States in 1793 by Eli Whitney. Whitney applied for a patent on October 28, 1793 the patent was granted on March 14, 1794, but was not validated until 1807. -
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Production of Services
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Founding of the The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
The IWW was so important to the growth of the Industry of Services because it was a group of skilled tradesmen and it helped promote the need for these people. It also brought on more strikes, due to the union being a huge force. This seemed to provide an excess in business and a need for reform -
Development of mobile phone and service
The first mobile call was placed on this date, in St. Louis, MO using Bell's Mobile Telephone Service, helping develop one of the most used services throughout the 90's and 2000's -
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Information Technology
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First 10 languages of Google released, making it a multinational search engine
French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish are the ten languages in the pack. This was huge for Information Technology because searching the internet became a lot easier and more helpful in providing information -
The first smartphone, the Palm Kyocera 6035, released in the U.S.
Palm Inc., releases its smartphone to U.S. public, being the first smartphone on the market in the U.S. and a major factor in the innovation of smartphones
