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(Abraham Darby) Used coke to melt iron ore
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(Thomas Newcomen) The First Steam Engine was built
The First Steam was built -
(Benjamin Franklin) The lightning rod is invented
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(James Hargreaves) The spinning Jenny is invented
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(James Watt) The Steam Engine is invented
A better steam engine is created by James Watt -
(Nicolas Joseph Cugnot) The automobile is invented
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(David Bushnell) Submarine is invented
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(Henry Cort) The puddling process of creating iron is created
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(John Fitch) Steamboat is invented
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(Edward Jenner) Smallpox vaccination gets invented
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The current population of Britain is at about 9 million
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(William Sturgeon) The electromagnet is created
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Child labour laws are uplifted
The law banned children under 9 from working in textile mills. And also children aged 13 to 18 are not to work more than 69 hours a week. -
(Kirkpatrick MacMillan) The bicycle gets invented
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(Christopher Sholes, Carlos Glidden) The typewriter gets invented
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(Alexander Graham Bell) The telephone gets created
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(Thomas Edison) The lightbulb is created
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(Rudolf Diesel) The first diesel engine is created
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(Wilbur & Oville Wright) The first airplane is invented