Industrial Revolution

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  • Abraham Darby starts using coke to melt iron ore

    Abraham Darby starts to use coke in place of charcoal to melt iron ore

  • Thomas Newcomen Invents the steam engine.

    Thomas Newcome built a steam engine, although it was very unreliable.

  • James Watt invents the steam engine

    James Watt invented the first reliable steam engine compared to the prior steam engine invented by Thomas Newcomen.

  • The automobile is invented

    Nicolas Joseph Cugnot invents the automobile

  • Henry Cort creates the 'puddling process' for making iron

    Henry Cort invented a more efficient and productive way of making iron

  • The steamboat is invented

    John Fitch invents the steamboat.

  • The Smallpox Vaccination

    Edward Jenner invents the Smallpox vaccination.

  • The population of Britain reaches approx. 9 million.

  • The electromagnet is created

    William Sturgeon creates the electromagnet

  • A law restricts child labour and hours

    A law bans children under 9 from working in textile mills. Children aged 13 to 18 are not to work more than 69 hours a week.

  • The bicycle is invented

    Kirkpatrick MacMillan invents the bicycle

  • A law restricts some children from working in mines.

    A law restricts children under 10 and women from working in underground mines

  • The creation of the typewriter

    Christopher Sholes and Carlos Glidden invent the typewriter,

  • The creation of the telephone.

    Alexander Graham Bell invents the first telephone.

  • The lightbulb is created

    Thomas Edison creates the first incandescent light bulb.

  • The diesel engine is created

    Rudolf Diesel invents the first diesel engine.

  • Britain population reaches 41 million

  • The first airplane is invented

    The first airplane is invented by Wilbur and Orville Wright

  • The assembly line is formally initiated.

    Henry Ford puts the assembly line to use, this is when it first became well known.

  • Portland cement is invented

    A new way of constructing buildings and infastructure is created and will revolutionize the way we build.