Industrial Timeline

  • Charles Townshed's Crop Rotation

    Townshend introduced the idea of crop rotation in the 1730s
  • Richard Arkwright's Water Frame

    Arkwright develops the water frame in 1769
  • James Watt's Watt Steam Engine

    Watt develops the watt steam engine in 1769
  • James Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny

    Hargreaves invents the spinny jenny in 1770
  • Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin

    Whitney develops the cotton gin in 1793
  • Alessandro Volta's Battery

    Volta created the first battery in 1800
  • Joseph Marie Jacquard's Jacquard Machine

    Jacquard develops the jacquard machine in 1804
  • George Stephenson's Stephenson's Rocket

    Stephenson develops the Stephenson's Rocket in 1829
  • Samuel Morse's Morse Code

    Morse develops morse code in the 1830s
  • Louis Daguerre's Daguerreotype Process

    Daguerre develops the daguerreotype process of photography in 1839
  • Henry Bessemer's Bessemer Converter

    Bessemer develops the bessemer converter in 1856
  • Alexander Graham Bell's Telephone

    Bell develops the first telephone in 1876
  • Thomas Edison's Lightbulb

    Edison develops the first successful lightbulb in 1879
  • Gottlieb Daimler's Motorcycle

    Daimler develops the first motorcycle in 1885
  • Guglielmo Marconi's Magnetic Detector

    Guglielmo Marconi develops the magnetic detector in 1902