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John Kay's flying shuttle.
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First threshing machine.
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- Where did it start? It started in the United Kingdom then subsequently spread throughout Western Europe, North America, Japan and eventually the rest of the world.
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- What is it? It is changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social, economic and cultural conditions of the times.
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James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny, automating weaving the warp (in the weaving of cloth)
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Arkwright's "water" (powered) frame automates the weft.
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Bridgewater Canal extended to the Mersey, thus connecting with Liverpool. Its success kicks off extensive canal construction ("canal mania").
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Watt's first efficient steam engine, much more efficient than the Newcomen.
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Grand Trunk Canal establishes a cross-England route connecting the Mersey to the Trent and connecting the industrial Midlands to the ports of Bristol, Liverpool, and Hull.
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First steam powered mills. Crompton's "mule" combines Hargreaves' and Arkwright's machines, fully automating the weaving process.
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- How long did it last? The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850.
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Arkwright puts a Watt engine in the Albion cotton mill, Blackfriars Bridge, London.
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Thames-Severn Canal links the Thames to the Bristol Channel.
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Eli Whitney develops his cotton gin (a device to clean raw cotton).
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- How long did it last? The Industrial Revolution was a period from 1750 to 1850.
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Robert Trevithick demonstrates a steam locomotive.
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Robert Fulton's Clermont first successful steamboat.
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Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the principle of the electric motor