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Thomas Newcomen invents the first steam engine, wasn't useful at first but the idea of it is important in the industrial revolution.
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James Hargreaves invented this. the machine spins more than one ball of yarn/thread at a time.
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Eli Whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber
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Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, which allowed messages to be sent quickly over a wire. by 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the U.S west of Mississippi river.
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Elisha Howe invents the sewing machine to make at home or pay someone to make them
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Elevators were already invented by 1853, but people worried about elevator cars falling. Elisha Otis invents a safety break to prevent them from falling if a cable breaks, making people feel more confident about using elevators in tall buildings.
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Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Having a way to make steel more quickly and more cheaply helps the production of building and leads to the growth of cities.
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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, which is a safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground than simply lighting black powder. Dynamite is important in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks.
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chemist named Louis Pasteur believed that germs caused disease. Using this information, he created vaccines that helped prevent many common diseases, which helped people live longer.
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He may not have invented the telephone, but Alexander Graham Bell was the first to get a patent for it. Being able to speak to people over a telephone wire greatly changes the way the world communicates.
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Thomas Edison created a light bulb that lasted longer than other designs and showed it off by lighting a lamp. Edison's light bulbs allow people to do many things at night, such as work, that used to only happen during the day.
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After 13 years of construction, the Brooklyn Bridge is finished in New York City. At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world.
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George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film.
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Using an engine that they invented, Orville and Wilbur Wright invent the first plane that is not powered by wind. Orville flies the plane for 12 seconds over a beach in North Carolina.
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Henry Ford creates a type of car called the Model T. It is much cheaper than other cars because it is made on an assembly line, allowing many more people to buy cars.
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Igor Sikorsky invents the first successful helicopter
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John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first electronic digital computer
