Industrial, Economic, and scientific Revolutions Timeline By Maddycalderon Feb 11, 1543 Copernicus claims the unvierse is heliocentric (sun centered) Feb 11, 1764 James Hargreaves inventss the spinning jenny Feb 11, 1776 Adam Smith publishes wealth of nations Feb 11, 1782 James Watt perfects the steam Engine Feb 11, 1794 eli Whitney invents the cotton Gin Feb 11, 1807 Robert Fulton invents the first steam boat Feb 11, 1833 Factory Act of 1833 Limits work hours for women and children Feb 11, 1836 Apening of the suez canal Feb 11, 1848 Karl Marx writes the communist manifersto Feb 11, 1904 Marie Curie receives Nobel Prize her work with radioactivity and its ability to cure some diseasses Feb 11, 1905 Albert Einstein publishes article on the theory of relativity