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Invention of the Lightening Rod
Benjamin Franklin invented the lightening rod during this time -
the spinning jenny
1764
James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. The machine spins more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time, making it easier and faster to make cloth. -
improvment of the steam engine
James Watt from Scotland designs a more efficient steam engine. One of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, steam engines power the first trains, steamboats, and -
Invention of the Submarine
David Bushnell invents a submarine -
Inventio of the Steamboat
John Fitch invents a steamboat -
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.
Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. At a time when people had to make their own clothes at home or pay someone else to sew them by hand, Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. Now clothes can be made in large factories. -
Invention of the Gas Turbine
John Barber invented the gas turbine. -
Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. It greatly reduces the time it takes to clean cotton and helps the southern states make more money from cotton crops -
Invention of the Typewriter
American, W.A. Burt invents a typewriter -
Inention of the Mechanical Calculator
Charles Babbage invents a mechanical calculator -
the telegraph
1844
Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River. -
Invention of traffic lights
J P Knight invents traffic lights -
Invention of the dishwasher
Josephine Cochrane invents the dishwasher
