Industrial Revolution By manssenpaige Sep 18, 1712 The steam engine is invented. It helped improve trains. It helped improve trains. Sep 18, 1764 The spinning jenny is invented. Made it easier and faster to make cloth. Sep 18, 1769 James Watt improves the steam engine. Powered the first trains, steamboats, and factories. Sep 18, 1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin. Which saves time and money. Sep 18, 1844 Samuel Morse invents the telegraph. This allows messages to be sent quickly over wire. Sep 18, 1846 Elias Hwe invents the sewing machine. Clothes could now be made in factories and not just at home. Sep 18, 1853 Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break. Prevents them from falling if a cable breaks. Sep 22, 1855 The Bessemer method forn processing steel is invented. Quiker and cheaper way to produce steel. Sep 22, 1866 Alfred Nobel creates dynamite. This helped with clearing paths to build things. Sep 22, 1870 Louis Pasteur develops vaccines for diseases. Created vaccines which helped people live longer. Sep 22, 1876 Alexander Grahm Bell patents the telephone. This helped people communicate easier across the world. Sep 22, 1879 Rhomas Edison uses a light bulb to light a lamp. He created a light bulb that lasted longer than all the others. Sep 22, 1903 Orville Wright makes the first powered airplane. This made it no longer powered by wind.
