Industrial Revolution

Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam engine.

1702

For more information, check this link:
https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/newcomen5.htm

Whitney improved the steam engine.

1794

For more information, check this link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eli-Whitney

Samuel Morse invented the telegraph.

1844

For more information, check this link: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph#:~:text=Developed%20in%20the%201830s%20and,a%20wire%20laid%20between%20stations.

The sewing machine is invented.

1846

For more information, check this link:
https://www.nytimes.com/1860/01/07/archives/the-story-of-the-sewingmachine-its-invention-improvements-social.html

The elevator safety brake was invented.

1853

For more information, check this link:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elisha-Otis

Graham Bell didn’t invent the telephone

1876

But he was the first to get a patent.
For more information, check this link:
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/technology/item/who-is-credited-with-inventing-the-telephone/#:~:text=Of%20course%2C%20Alexander%20Graham%20Bell,the%20idea%20of%20a%20telephone.&text=Antonio%20Meucci%2C%20an%20Italian%20immigrant,telegraph%20or%20telephone%20in%201849.

Orville Wright shown the first powered airplane.

1903

For more information, check this link:
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm