Industrial,Economic,and Scientific Revolution Timeline By Paola_Hernandez May 14, 1543 Copernicus claim Jan 1, 1764 James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny Jan 1, 1776 Adam Smith publishes' Wealth of Nations' Jan 1, 1782 James Watt perfcts' the Steam ENGINE' Jan 1, 1794 Eli Whitney invents the 'Cotton Gin' Jan 1, 1807 Robert Fulton invents 'the First Steam Boat' Jan 1, 1833 Factory Act limits Work Hours for Women and Children Jan 1, 1836 Opening of the 'Suez Canal' Jan 1, 1848 Karl Marx writes The Communist Manifesto Jan 1, 1904 Marie Curie receives Nobel Prize for radioactivity and ability to cure some diseases Jan 1, 1905 Albert Einsten publishes article on Theory of Relativity