Inventors Timeline

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  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright
    Richard Arkwright created the Spinning Frame a few years before the Cotton Gin was invented.

  • James Watt

    James Watt
    James Watt was part of the team that made the first improvments on the Steam Engine.

  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
    Eli Whitney was the first American to invent the Cotton Gin, which proved effetive.

  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    Alessandro Volta, an Italian inventor, created the first battery.

  • Joseph-Marie Jacquard

    Joseph-Marie Jacquard
    Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented the loom in 1801.

  • Louis Daguerre

    Louis Daguerre
    Louis Daguerre invented the Daguerreotype, a type of photography that was used in France.

  • George Stephanson

    George Stephanson
    George Stephanson created the first steam locamotive.

  • Samuel Morse

    Samuel Morse
    Samuel Morse made improvements to the Telegraph in 1837.

  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish inventor who invented the telephone.

  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison was living in America when he invented the first lightbulb.