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Thomas Newcomen invents the first steam engine. It is not very useful yet, but the idea of using steam to make machines go will be important to the Industrial Revolution.
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James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. The machine spins more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time, making it easier and faster to make cloth.
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a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. It greatly reduces the time it takes to clean cotton
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Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire.
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Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. Now clothes can be made in large factories.
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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, which is a safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground
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vaccines that helped prevent many common diseases, which helped people live longer.