Industrial Revolution

  • (Watt) Steam Engine

    (Watt) Steam Engine

    was made for grinding barley and pumping water and it was made by Thomas Newcomen in 1731
  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny

    is a multi-spindle spinning frame made by James Hargreaves in 1765
  • Locomotive

    Locomotive

    is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train it was made by George Stephenson in 1781
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom

    is a mechanized loom, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving made by Edmund Cartwright in 1786
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation made by Eli Whitney in 1794
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat

    is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels made by Robert Fulton in 1807
  • Camera

    Camera

    is a lens that captures a photo of the moment you are in and it was made by Joseph Nicéphore in 1816
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication made by Samual Morse in 1837
  • Automobile

    Automobile

    a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor and able to carry a small number of people made by Karl Benz in 1844
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine

    is a machine used to sew fabric and materials together with thread made by Elias Howe in 1846
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite

    is a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks made by Alfred Nobel made in 1867
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly made by Alexander Graham Bell in 1875