Industrial Revolution Timelines

  • The Cotton Gin

    The Cotton Gin
    The cotton gin was an invention that was made by Eli Whitney that could easily seperate cotton from the seeds.
  • Cast-Iron Piano Frame

    Cast-Iron Piano Frame
    Invented by Alpheus Babcock, the Cast-Iron Piano Frame sustains the tension needed in order to play the piano or harp.
  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph
    Samuel F. B. Morse invented the telegraph in 1844, as a way for people to communicate quickly over large area in a short amount of time.
  • Safety Pin

    Safety Pin
    The safety pin is a commonly known item used to pin things together temporarily, without risk of poking anyone. It was created by Walter Hunt.
  • Plows

    Plows
    A plow breaks of the soil, so that planting is easier and more successful for the workers. It was created by John Deere.
  • Barbed Wire

    Barbed Wire
    Barbed wire was created by Joseph Glidden, and it works well to keep intruders out, considering no one wants to get a spike to the leg.
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom
    Erastus Bigelow created a loom that ran on power, making it easier to weave thread into cloth.
  • Game Board

    Game Board
    Game boards, invented by Milton Bradley, introduced a whole new type of entertainment.
  • The submarine

    The submarine
    The submarine, created by John Phillip Holland, makes it possible for people to travel under the water, seemingly undetectable.
  • Dissolvable Pills

    Dissolvable Pills
    Dissolvable pill make it easy to distribute medicine to the body, a great invention by WIlliam Erastus Upjohn.
  • The escalator

    The escalator
    The escalator, created by Jesse Wilford Reno, could continuously move the same way, making it more efficient than an elevator, lifting or lowering people to another floor.
  • Radio

    Radio
    The invention by Guglielmo Marconi, made is possible for people to broadcast to other people. They called the invention the radio.