Industrial, Economic, and Scientific Revolutions Timeline By emery.gonzalez60 Feb 12, 1507 Copernicus Theory Feb 12, 1750 James Watt perfects the Steam Engine Feb 14, 1764 James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny Feb 12, 1776 Adam Smith publishes "Wealth of Nations" Feb 12, 1794 Eli Whitney invents the Cotton Gin Feb 12, 1833 Factory Act of 1833 limits work hours for women and children Feb 12, 1836 Opening of Suez Canal Feb 12, 1848 Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto Feb 12, 1870 Robert Fulton invents the first Steam Boat Feb 12, 1904 Marie Curie Nobel Prize Feb 14, 1905 Albert Einstein publishes article on the Theory of Relativity
