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Industrial Revolution
All the events listed are vert significant to the industrial revolution. The introduction of electricity, the use of chemicals, steam powered travel, and the many inventions all have a big role in the industrial revolution. Without these events, the industrial revolution would not have occured and the world would not be as it is today. -
The Newcomen Steam Engine
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John Kay Invents The Flying Shuttle
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James Hargreaves Invents The Spinning Jenny
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Robert Fulton Begins Steamboat Services on The Hudson River
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George Stephenson begins rail service between Liverpool and London.
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Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph.
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Samuel Cunard begins transatlantic steamship service.
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Henry Bessemer develops the Bessemer converter.
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Cyrus Field lays the first successful transatlantic cable.
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Thomas Edison invents the indandescent light bulb.
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Rudolf Diesel patents the diesel engine
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The Wright Brothers make the first successful airplane flight.