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The first steam engine was invented by Thomas Newcomen. It was the first engine to pump water out of coal mines. This also allowed trains to transport their goods much faster.
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The flying shuttle was invented my John Kay. The flying shuttle allowed for wider pieces of fabric to be woven, and as a result the sewing process was sped up.
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This was invented by James Watt who was known as "the godfather of the Industrial revolution".
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The spinning Jenny was a multi-spool spinning wheel. This sped up the spinning process and as a result made fabrication careers much more efficient.
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The Power Loom was invented in 1769 and could create up to 200 times more cloth. This handy invention was invented by Richard Arkwright
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The first iron plow was created by James Small. It was an invention that helped work the soil and make the land easier to plant in.
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The cotton gin was key to the textile industry during the revolution. This increased the supply of cotton dramatically.
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The first electric battery was created by Alessandro Volta. This battery was key to the modernization of cars, phones, and many other electronic devices.
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The first steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton. The first steamboat went a max speed of 5 mph on the Hudson river as its first voyage.
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The first electric generator was invented by Michael Faraday. Almost all present day electric power is used by using Michael Faraday's idea of the generator.
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The labor reform laws were meant to limit the work days as opposed to working all day everyday. It limited children to 8 hours a day and banned women from working in mines.
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The first telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in 1837. The Morse code was named after series of clicks and dashes that Samuel's machine sent.
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The Communist Manifesto was written by Karl Marx. It was a pamphlet, originally called "The Manifesto of the Communist Party".
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Charles Darwin came up with the theory that plants and animals derived from a simpler life form, also known as Evolution. Other theories and ideas he came up with were: Natural Selection and Social Darwinism.
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The first telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. The first call was made to his assistant Thomas Watson.
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The first light bulb was invented my Thomas Edison in 1879. The first light bulb he got to work was made of a carbon filament in his lab at Menlo Park.
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The first combustion engine to work was made in 1885, however for many years before many people such as Christian Huygens, experimented with this idea.
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The first commercial automobile was invented in 1886 by Carl Benz, hence where Mercedes Benz' name came from. It was the first gasoline run automobile although didn't go fast.
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The idea of interpreting dreams was first thought by Sigmund Freud. He believed that our human behavior was strictly determined by out subconscious.
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The first assembly line was created by Henry Ford as a way to speed up the process of making cars. This method also made the products being manufactured to be safer, and more accurate.
