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Industrial Revolution
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Eli Whitney's cotton gin
Eli Whitney develops his cotton gin (a device to clean raw cotton). -
Robert Trvethick's Locomotive
Trevethick demonstrates the first steam locomotive -
Robert Fulton launches the first steamboat
Robert Fulton's Clermont first successful steamboat. -
Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the principle of the electric motor.
Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the principle of the electric motor. -
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway begins first regular commercial rail service.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway begins first regular commercial rail service. -
Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines.
Faraday discovers electro-magnetic current, making possible generators and electric engines. -
Morse develops the telegraph and Morse Code.
Morse develops the telegraph and Morse Code. -
Great Britain--first large, iron, screw-propelled steamship
Great Britain--first large, iron, screw-propelled steamship -
Brunel builds the first subaqueous tunnel, under the Thames.
Brunel builds the first subaqueous tunnel, under the Thames. -
Bessemer invents steel converter.
Bessemer invents steel converter. -
Bell invents the telephone.
Bell invents the telephone. -
Edison invents the phonograph
Edison invents the phonograph -
Maxim invents the machine gun, making possible mass slaughter and beginning the mechanization of warfare.
Maxim invents the machine gun, making possible mass slaughter and beginning the mechanization of warfare. -
First Zeppelin built.
First Zeppelin built. -
Wright brothers make first powered flight
Wright brothers make first powered flight -
Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T
Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T