Industrial Revolution

By alana riggs
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    Industrial Revolution

  • 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