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Steam Engine
Invented by Thomas Newcomen.
Invented in 1763.
This invention was used to pump water out of coal mines.
This invention is not being used today in our lives. -
Steamboat
Invented by James Watt.
Invented in 1807.
Invented in Clermont.
This invention was used to carry people places like from Philadelphia to Burlington, New Jersey.
This is still used today. -
Erie Canal
Invented in 1817 and opened in 1825.
Invented in the Hudson River in the East.
It offered a cheap and safe way to carry produce to a market.
The invention is still being used today. -
Mechanical Reaper
Invented by Cyrus McCormick.
Invented in 1834.
Invented in Chicago.
This invention automatically cut, threshed and budled grain while being dragged by a horse.
This invention is not being uses today. -
Railroads
Invented by John Stevens
Invented August 8, 1834
Invented in the US
It helped people get around instead of using wagons like they did before.
It is still being used today but it is called a train instead. -
Steel Plow
Invented by John Deere.
Invented in 1837.
Invented in Illinois.
This was used to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck in it.
This invention is used today but as a different instrument. -
Telegraph
Invented by Claude Chappe
Invented in 1837.
This invention is not being used by people today. -
Morse Code
Invented by Samuel Morse.
Invented in 1840.
It was invented in Washington DC.
This allowed a transmission of simple messages across lines.
We dont really use it today because it was replaced by the Telephone. -
Vulcanized Rubber
Vulcanized Rubber was inveted in 1844
Charles Goodyear invented it.
He invented it in Massachusets.
This invention helped with carts and conveyer belts in some factories as well.
This invention is still being used today in tires and many other things. -
Sewing Machine
Sewing Machine was invented by Elias Howe.
Invented in 1846
Invented in London.
The machine helped build uniforms for the French Army.
The sewing machine is still used today for clothes and other garments.
