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In 1712, Thomas Newcomen invented the steam engine which started the revolution
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In 1764, a British carpenter named James Hargreaves invented an improved Spinning Jenny, a hand-powered multiple spinning machine
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In the year of 1776 a young Yale graduate invents the first ever submarine, which was called a turtle submarine
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In 1809 a man named Humphry Davy invented the first ever electirc light by using 2 wires connected to a battery.
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In 1829, US William Burt invents and patents the first ever typographer, America's first ever typewriter
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In 1846, Elias Howe created the first ever sewing machine
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In 1866, the first piece of dynamite is made by Alfred Nobel
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The world's first traffic lights were installed near London's House of Commons (intersection of George and Bridge Streets) in 1868. They were invented by J P Knight. The lights worked by pulling a lever to either green or red to make the coloured gas turn on. This procedure was ran by a policeman who was in charge of it all. Unfortunatley only a month later the lights exploded and badly injured the policeman that was in control.
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In 1891 a Candian Physical Education teacher named James Naismith invented the game of basketball, soon to become one of the most famous sports in history.
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In 1902, Willis Carrier invents the first ever air conditioner, launching an industry that would improve the way we live
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The Titanic starting building in 1909 and finished it's construction in 1911, the first voyage was in 1912 and in it's second night it struck an ice berg and dissappeared into the ocean.
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In 1912, a police named Lester Wire invented the first red-green lighted electric traffic lights, 2 years later the traffic signal company installed the first set of electric traffic lights.
