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Drainage windmills turn fens (wetlands) into farmland.
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Thomas Newcome's 2500 horsepower reciprocating steam engine ran every piece of equipment in Machinery Hall at the World's Fair.
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Richard Arkwright invents the spinning frame (makes thread)
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James Watt invents the steam engine
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Edmund Cartwright invents the water powered loom (makes fabric)
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Samuel Slater and Moses Brown create the first textile mill.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin
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Eli Whitney mass produces guns
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Swedish born American john Ericsson builds a hot-air engine powered by the sun.
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August Mouchat, French, designs a solar food cooker