industrial revolution

  • The first commercially successful steam engine

    The first commercially successful steam engine
    The new engine did the work of 20 horses and pumped water from hundreds of feet below the ground , invented by Thomas Newcomen (ignore the day and month, not accurate)
  • Hargreaves invented the 'spinning jenny'

    Hargreaves invented the 'spinning jenny'
    the spinning jenny could spin numerous spools of cotten, ignore exact date, inaccurate, focas on year
  • James Watt invented first reliable steam engine

    James Watt invented first reliable steam engine
  • Robert Fulton made a regular steamboat service on Hudson River

    Robert Fulton made a regular steamboat service on Hudson River
  • Period: to

    number of laws specific to factory work were enacted in England

    Pauper Apprentice Act 1802
    Cotton Factory Act 1819
    Factory Act 1833Mines Act 1842
    Ten Hour Act 1847Safety Code 1855
    Factory Code 1878, 1902
  • Samuel F. B. Morse invented first telegraph

    Samuel F. B. Morse invented first telegraph
  • Elias Howe invents first sewing machine

    Elias Howe invents first sewing machine
  • Thomas Eddison invents first phonograph

    Thomas Eddison invents first phonograph
  • Thomas Eddison invents Incandescant Light Bulb

    Thomas Eddison invents Incandescant Light Bulb
  • Alexander Graham Bell invents first telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell invents first telephone
  • Nicola Tesla invents an itrduction to the motor

    Nicola Tesla invents an itrduction to the motor
  • Rudolf Diesel invents first diesel engine

    Rudolf Diesel invents first diesel engine
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright invent first arirplane

    Orville and Wilbur Wright invent first arirplane