Industrial Revolution

Mechanical Seed Sower

Jul 10, 1708

Jethro Tulls' mechanical (seed) sower permits large-scale planting in rows, for easier cultivation between the rows

Industrial Revolution

Period: Jul 10, 1708 to Jul 10, 1885

Coke Smelts Iron Ore

Jul 10, 1709

Abraham Darby uses coke to smelt iron ore, replacing wood and charcoal as fuel

Steam Engine

Jul 10, 1712

Thomas Newcome builds first commercially successful steam engine. Able to keep deep coal mines clear of water. First significant power source other than wind and water

Flying Shuttle

Jul 10, 1733

John Kay's flying shuttle

Threshing Machine

Jul 10, 1758

First threshing machine

Power Loom

Jul 10, 1787

Catwright builds a power loom

Steam Locomotive

Jul 10, 1801

Robert Trevithick demonstrates steam locomotive

Steamboat

Jul 10, 1807

Robert Fulton's Clermont first successful steamboat

Electric Motor

Jul 10, 1821

Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the principle of the electric motor

Telegraph and Morse Code

Jul 12, 1837

Samuel Morse delvelops the telegraph and Morse code.

Steamship

Jul 12, 1838

Great Western-first ocean-giong steamship

Sewing Machine

Jul 18, 1850

Singer invents firt practical sewing machine

The Origin of Species

Jul 18, 1858

Charles Darwin, the Origin of Species

Oil

Jul 18, 1859

Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania

Gasoline Engine

Jul 18, 1860

Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine

Dynamite

Jul 18, 1867

Alfred Nobelproduces dynamite, the first high explosive which can be safely handled

Telephone

Jul 18, 1876

Graham Bell invents the telephone

Internal-Combustion Engine

Jul 18, 1885

Benz develops first automobile to run on internal-combustion engine