Industrial Revolution By kadejurg Feb 2, 1712 Thomas Newcomen patents the atomsphereic steam engine Feb 2, 1752 Benjamin Franklin invents the lighting rod Feb 2, 1776 David Bushnell invents a submarine Feb 2, 1785 Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom Feb 2, 1794 Eli Whitney parents the cotton gin Feb 2, 1800 Alessandro invents the battery Feb 2, 1829 American W.A. Burt invents a typewriter Feb 2, 1843 Alexander Bain of scotland invents the facsimile Feb 2, 1873 Joeseph Glidden invents barbed wire Feb 2, 1891 Jesse W Reno invents esculators Feb 2, 1900 The zeppelin invents by count Ferdinand von Zeppelin Feb 2, 1908 Cellphone invented by Jacques E. Brandenbeger Feb 2, 1921 Artificial life begins the first robot build Feb 2, 1932 Karl Jansky invents radio telescope Feb 2, 1939 Invents helocopter Igor Sikirsky Feb 2, 2017 Industrial Revolution Feb 2, 2017 Industrial Revolution http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution