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The Steam Engine
Steam EngineThe steam engine was invented in 1712 by a man named Thomas Newcomen. The idea of using steam engines played a major role in the Industrial Revolution. The steam engine is basically an engine that runs off of coal and water, but can still run up to 100 miles per hour. The steam engine is now used to power trains, steamboats and factories.Thomas in a way "shared" this invention with a man named James Watt. Watt made an improved steam engine in 1769. He gets most o fthe credit for this invention. -
The Spinning Jenny
Spinning JennyThe Spinning Jenny was created by James Hargreaves. It was created in 1764. It was a hand-powered spinning machine that was the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel by making it possible to spin more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time. -
Battery
BatteryIn 1800 ,Volta, figured out that certain fluids would generate a continuous flow of electrical power when used as a conductor. This led to the invention of the first voltaic cell, also known as the battery. Also in 1791, while working at Bologna University, Luigi Galvani discovered that when metal touched a frog's muscle, the muscle would contract and that's where we get the invention of an animal magnet. -
Photography
PhotographyThe first photograph was an image produced in 1826 by the French inventor Nicéphore Niépce on a polished pewter plate with a camera.The image required an eight-hour exposure in bright sunshine. In partnership, Niépce and Louis Daguerre refined the existing process. -
Propeller
PropellerIn 1827, inventor Josef Ressel had invented a screw propeller which had many different blades fastened around a cone shaped base. He had tested his propeller in February 1826 on a small ship. He was successful in using his bronze screw propeller on an adapted steamboat in 1829. -
The Telegraph
The TelegraphThe Telegraph was invented in 1844 by Samuel Morse, an American painter and inventor. The telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. This invention spread rapidly, by 1860 there were telegraph wires spread all the way from the east coast of the United States to the Mississippi River. -
The Sewing Machine
The sewing MachineThe sewing machine was invented by a man named Elias Howe in 1846. It was used for fixing clothing for factory and production use. This was widely popular because at this time in hhistory poeple still had to make clothing by hand, which could take hours or even days. Women were the ones working in the textile mills therefore they were the ones always using the machines. Some people thoght that the sewing machines would "infringe" the craft of women as seamstresses. -
The Bessemer Method
The Bessemer MethodThe Bessemer Method was a method for processing iron into steel. This was a very popular method because it sped up the process of building, which led to city growth. The building that were built were able to last loger and weren't as expensive to build. This was particularly important to the British metal industry. -
Vaccines
VaccinesLouis Pasteur, a chemist, believed that germs caused disease so he created a vaccine to prevent many common diseases. He also believed this would help people live a longer life. -
Telephone
TelephoneThe telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell in the late 1800s. The telephone was almost like the telegraph, but instead of only being able to send one message by morse code at a time, you could send multiple voice messages at a time. The very first message ever to go through a telephone was "Mr. Watson-- Come here-- I want to see you." -
Electricity
ElectricityThomas Edison modified the light bulb so that it would last much longer than a previous light bulb. He presented his invention by putting a light bulb in to a lamp. -
Airplane
AirplaneOn December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. They timed their flight by stopwatch. -
Railroads
Railroad1776, iron had replaced the wood in the rails and wheels on the carts. Wagonways evolved into Tramways and spread though out Europe. Horses still provided all the pulling power. In 1789, Englishman, William Jessup designed the first wagons with flanged wheels. The flange was a groove that allowed the wheels to better grip the rail, this was an important design that carried over to later locomotives. -
Anesthesia for Dentisrty
AnesthesiaAnestesia for Dentistry
In 1846, in Boston City, inventor Thomas Green Morton used anesthesia to complete a surgery for the first time in history. Morton wasn't sure at first how to make the anesthestic so he consulted a chemistry professor who toldhim that he suggested the use of sulphuric ether. -
Calculator
CalculatorAt first the calculator was a beaded object that was hand operated. You had to move the beads in order to add and subtract.
