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Coke-Fueled Furnace
A cheaper, easier method to produce cast iron, using a coke-fueled (as opposed to charcoal-fired) furnace. -
The Steam Engine is Invented
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain and most of the important technological innovations were British. The transition from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, improved efficiency of water power, the increasing use of steam power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the factory system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Efq-aNBkvc -
Heating a Wire
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Road Improvements
Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet (15 January 1716 – 1796) was a French engineer. He is widely credited with establishing the first scientific approach to road building. Among his innovations was the use of a base layer of large stone covered with a thin layer of smaller stone. The advantage of this two-layer configuration was that when rammed or rolled by traffic the stones jammed into one another forming a strong wear resistant surface which offered less obstruction to traffic. -
Spinning Jenny
Englishman James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny (“jenny” was an early abbreviation of the word “engine”), a machine that enabled an individual to produce multiple spools of threads simultaneously. -
Watt Steam Engine
Was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world. -
Sewing Machine
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Telegraph
Created by Samuel Morse. A communication device -
The Bessemer Process
Developed by Henry Bessemer and WIlliam Kelly. this prosses was used to make steel. This was the first process used to make steel. This steel was then used on rail road tracks The Bessemer Process and Carnegie
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Edwin L. Drake first to drill for oil
Using a steam engine Edwin sucessfully drilled for oil outside Titusville, Pennslvinia -
Civil War Ends
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Dynamite
Dynamite was created by Alfred Nobel. Dynamite was and is used for many things -
Completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad
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The Great Strike of 1877
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The Light Bulb
Patented bt Thomas Edison. This was the first major step in the growth of electricity. By 1890 electricity ran many machines in factories
