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seed sower
Jethro Tull's mechanical seed sower permits large-scale planting in rows, for easier cultivation between the rows. -
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industrail revolution
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fuel advancement
Abraham Darby uses coke to smelt iron ore, replacing wood and charcoal as fuel. -
steam engine
Thomas Newcomen builds first commercially successful steam engine. Able to keep deep coal mines clear of water. First significant power source other than wind and water. -
agricultre andavces again
First threshing machine. -
we are getting smarter
James Brindley's Bridgewater Canal opens. Barges carry coal from Worsley to Manchester. -
lets get fashonalbe
James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny for clotes making -
canal boom
Bridgewater Canal extended to the Mersey, thus connecting with Liverpool. Its success kicks off extensive canal construction -
more conserving
Watt's first efficient steam engine, much more efficient than the Newcomen. -
combining ideas
Arkwright puts a Watt engine in the Albion cotton mill, Blackfriars Bridge, London. -
we are getting bright
William Murdock (James Watt's assistant) lights his home with coal gas. -
lets go over seas
Robert Fulton's Clermont first successful steamboat. -
the people dont like it
Luddite riots: laborers attack factories and break up the machines they fear will replace them. -
now we are getting somewhere
Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the principle of the electric motor. -
more technology needs more resources
Marc Brunel invents a tunnelling shield, making subaqueous tunnelling possible. -
the peoples transport
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway begins first regular commercial rail service. -
time to move
Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines. -
arteficail inteligence
Charles Babbage develops his analytic engine--the forerunner of the computer.
Fox Talbot produces photographs. -
ocean coding
Morse develops the telegraph and Morse Code.
Great Western--first ocean-going steamship. -
getting modern
Great Britain--first large, iron, screw-propelled steamship. -
its like prehistoric BPs
Petrol refining first used. -
horay for compacted technology
Singer invents first practical sewing machine. -
moving up in the world
Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety brake making skyscrapers possible -
badabing badaboom
Alfred Nobel produces dynamite, the first high explosive which can be safely handled. -
lets start typing
Christopher Sholes invents the Remington typewriter. -
call me mabey?
Bell invents the telephone. -
now we have speeches aswell...
Microphone invented. -
reaching new heights
First skyscraper (ten stories) in Chicago.
The Brooklyn Bridge opens. This large suspension bridge, built by the Roeblings (father and son), is a triumph of engineering. -
the names bond
Maxim invents the machine gun, making possible mass slaughter and beginning the mechanization of warfare. -
fast and furious
Benz develops first automobile to run on internal- combustion engine. -
still a while till we get b105
Hertz produces radio waves. -
see through solids
Roentgen discovers X-rays. -
cordless....nice
Marconi patents wireless telegraph. -
reach for the sky
First Zeppelin built. -
roger that
Marconi transmits first trans-Atlantic radio message (from Cape Cod). -
to infinity and beyond!
Wright brothers make first powered flight. -
lightspeed
Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T.