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Industrial Revolution
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Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
His invention improved plough. His seed drill would sow seed in neat rows and cove up the seed in the rows. Tull was a part of a farmers group who founded the Norfolk system. -
Thomas Newcomen invents the steam engine.
There was steam power before T.Newcomen but they were just toys and gadgets but he wanted to stretch the meaning of the word "engine". -
The Industrial Revolution begins.
The Industrial Revolution was a gradual change in the way people lived and worked. -
James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny.
He got the idea by accidentally knocking over a spinning wheel and he watched the spindle roll across the floor and rumors say that he named it after his wife. -
Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
The cotton gin revolutionized the cotton industry in the United States. The cotton helped generate up to 50 lbs. of cleaned cotton daily, making cotton produtction profitable for the southern states. -
Karl Marx writes the Communist Manifesto.
The political pamphlet proclaimed that "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles" and would put an end to class society. -
Thomas Edison invents the light bulb.
The light bulb profoundly changed human existence by illuminating the night and making it hospitable to a wide range of human activity.
