industrail rev

Printing Press

Feb 3, 1648

Printing PressJohannes Gutenberg is credited with the printing press. Before the printing press people woud have to hand wright the paper and it would take forever. With the printing press they could mass produce paper and even books. Literature had a huge boom through the printing press.

Steam Engine

Mar 18, 1775

Steam EngineJames Watt changed the game with the invention of the team engine. The stream engine was a tank for power, allowing for faster production and efficiently. They were used mainly in factories in large abundance for even faster production.

Steam Boat

Aug 22, 1787

Steam BoatInvented by John Fitch, he took the steam engine and put it in a boat. This allowed for boats to travel quicker and upsrtream faser.

Textile factories

Mar 17, 1790

Textile FactoriesBefore factories people used to have to do everything bt hand, but with the invention of factories they could mass produce idems using machines.

Sewing Machine

Mar 19, 1790

Thomas Saint came up with his first drawing of the sewing machine.This machine allowed for people to sew faster and more eficiently. Before the sewing fmachine everyone had to sew by hand, but with ths machine they could sew up to 50% faster!

Railroads

Aug 8, 1829

RailroadsRailroads were one of the greatest inventions in the industrial revolution. They allowed people to cover great amounts of land in short abount of time. Before the railroads people would have to travel by hourseback and it would take days, with the railroad, it just took hours.

Telegraph

Mar 19, 1830

TelegraphSamuel Morse devloped the first telegraph, the telegraph allowed people to communicate through a series of beebs through electrical signal from great distances.

Photography

May 18, 1840

PhotographyIn 1765Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the fisrt documented picture, it took eight hours of sunsight toproduce and you could hardly see anything at all in the picture. The camera was invented by Alexander Wolcott.

Steel Production

Mar 17, 1850

Steel ProductionHenry Bessemer shot the industrail revolution even further with the invention of steel, steel was a ton stronger than iron allowing for taller buildings and longer brridges.

Telephone

Mar 7, 1876

TelephoneAlexander Graham Bell invented the first two way communication device. He was able to talk to a man named Mr.Watson without being in the same room or near him.

Electricity

Mar 19, 1879

ElectricityBenjaman Franklin was teh first one to disciver that lightning contained electrical power. As an experiment he flew a kight in the air and lighting struck it and shocked him. later Thomas Edison took that and put it into a light bulb. Then they were able to provide them in houses and have electricity in peoples homes.

Airplanes

Dec 17, 1903

AirplanesWilbur and Orville Wright made the first few seconds of flight. Their invention later on evolved into the airplanes we have today. Airplanes were a huge invention, they are the fastest type of transpertation till this day.

Diamonds

Mar 19, 1904

DiamondsDiscovered in the 4th century in India.They are made from carbon when it is put ubder extremely hot temperatures and preasure. Thats why you only find them deep in the earths surface. They were used and are stilled used for fashion and very valuable to own.

Inventions

Mar 20, 2015

Iventions

Maps

Mar 19, 2300

MapsFirst made in 2300 B.C. on clay tablets by the Babylonians, maps were used to show how to get to places and an easier way to navigate. now technology has taken maps to a new level with navigation systems, GPS and tons of other features to show you the way.