industrial revelution By fav291 Jan 1, 1712 steam engine Jan 1, 1733 John Kay invents the flying shuttle Jan 1, 1764 James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny Jan 1, 1769 Richard Arkwright patents the water frame Dec 31, 1769 James Watt patents a series of improvements on the Newcomen engine making it more efficient Jan 1, 1779 Samuel Crompton perfects the spinning mule Jan 1, 1785 Edmund Cartwright patents a power loom Jan 1, 1793 Eli Whitney patenets the cotton gin Jan 1, 1807 Robert Fulton begins steamboat service on the Hudson River. Jan 1, 1830 George Stephenson begins rail service between Liverpool and London Jan 1, 1836 Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph Jan 1, 1840 Samuel Cunard begins transatlantic steamship service Jan 1, 1856 Henry Bessemer develops the Bessemer converter Jan 1, 1859 The first commercial oil well is drilled in Pennsylvania Jan 1, 1866 The Siemens brothers improve steelmaking by developing the open hearth furnace Dec 31, 1866 Cyrus Field lays the first successful transatlantic cable. Jan 1, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone Jan 1, 1879 Thomas Edison invents the indandescent light bulb Jan 1, 1892 Rudolf Diesel patents the diesel engine Jan 1, 1899 Guglielmo Marconi invents the wireless Jan 1, 1903 The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight
