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An steam engine used for pumping water out of mines by devising a method to generate power from atmospheric pressure.At the time it had an efficiency of just 0.5% but it was a precursor to the more efficient engines developed later. -
the flying shuttle allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, increasing weaving speed. -
A water-powered spinning frame that significantly increased the efficiency of cotton spinning. It was one of the key inventions that powered the Industrial Revolution. -
a multi-spindle spinning frame. made it possible for a single worker to spin multiple threads simultaneously, increasing yarn production and efficiency in the textile industry. -
James Watt improved Newcomen steam engine by adding a separate condenser making it more efficient . Thanks to the improvement factories, mills, and mines started introducing it. -
A machine that combines features of the spinning jenny and the water frame, it produced stronger and finer thread and revolutionized the textile industry. -
An automated loom powered by water, steam, or electricity, which greatly increased the speed and efficiency of weaving. -
The Puffing Devil was an early steam-powered road locomotive. -
Robert Fulton developed the first commercially successful steamboat, which significantly improved the efficiency of water transportation -
The Luddites were English workers who destroyed textile machinery, such as spinning frames and power looms, protesting against the job threats posed by industrialization. -
A contiguous network of railroad tracks that connected the eastern U.S. rail network at Omaha, Nebraska, with the Pacific coast at the San Francisco Bay. The first of his kind. -
an electric device that produces light when a current passes through a filament or semiconductor, commonly used for illumination. became fundamental to modern electric lighting. -
The Home Insurance Building in Chicago is considered the world's first skyscraper due to its steel-frame construction. it holds the distinction of being among the world's first skyscrapers. -
Louis Le Prince filmed the "Roundhay Garden Scene," the oldest surviving motion picture. -
Guglielmo Marconi developed and demonstrated the first successful long-distance wireless telegraph and the first transatlantic radio signal. -
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
Leo Baekeland invented Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic, marking the beginning of the modern plastics industry. -
The first affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. The Model T revolutionized the automobile industry. -
It broke out when the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, Francisco Fernando, was assassinated in the Bosnian capital by a Serbian student. The Austro-Hungarian emperor, supported by Germany, blamed Serbia for the attack.
The Entente powers (Great Britain, France, Serbia and Imperial Russia, later joined by Italy, Greece, Portugal, Romania and the United States) fought against the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary).