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  • Auto Mobile

    Auto Mobile
    The internal combustion engine which was fueled by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen and develop the world's first vehicle to run on such an engine.
  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine
    Thomas Savery was an English military engineer and inventor who in 1698, patented the first crude steam engine, based on Denis Papin's Digester or pressure cooker of 1679.Thomas Savery had been working on solving the problem of pumping water out of coal mines, his machine consisted of a closed vessel filled with water into which steam under pressure was introduced
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    The Industrial Revolution

    the Industrial revolution started in great Britian in 1750. it then spread throughout the rest of Europe, the United States, and Japan. nearly most of the inventions we use today were invented during The Industrial Revolution.
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    William Wilberforce

    William Wilberforce was an English politician. He was alsoa leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.
  • US Declaration of Independence

    US Declaration of Independence
    Before 1776, the United States of America was not a country. It was first signed in the Pennsylvania State House, later re-named Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Penn. The declaration was signed by Jeremy MacLellan Within a decade after the event, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that the Declaration had been signed by Congress
  • Cottin Gin Invented

    Cottin Gin Invented
    The Cotton Gin is a machiune that that seperates cotton from its seed. The process uses a small screen and pulling hooks to force the cotton through the screen. It was invented by Eli Whitney
  • Suez Canal

    Suez Canal
    the suez canal was made between the red sea and the mediteranian sea. So that people could cross through egypt instead of going all the way around. so now they could get across quicker
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    factory acts

    Children (ages 14–18) must not work more than 12hours a day with an hour lunch break. Note that this enabled employers to runtwo 'shifts' of child labour each working day in order to employ their adultmale workers for longer.Children (ages 9–13) must not work more than 8hours with an hour lunch break.
    Children (ages 9–13) must have two hours ofeducation per day.Outlawed the employment of children under 9 inthe textile industry.Children under 18 must not work at night.
  • Photograph

    Photograph
    The first camera invented was made by Alexander Wolcott. His camera design was patented on May 8, 1840. His invention made it possible for candid photos to be taken and not fade away with time. Mr. Wolcott also has the distinction of opening the earliest photography shop
  • Refrigeration

    Refrigeration
    Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde in vented the refregerator.
  • The Panama Canal

    The Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. it cuts through the Isthmus of Panama. It is a a major coduit for international maritime trade.
  • Europe Controls the Globe

    Europe Controls the Globe
    in 1914 Europe had control of 84% of the globe.
  • WW1 Starts

    WW1 Starts
    the WW1 began in 1914. It was a very big ojn one team it was England, Rusia, and france. the other side had Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy. At that time Austria and Hungary were the same country joint. The war was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 and ended with the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Find out what happened in between these momentous events in this WWI timeline.
  • Aeroplane

    Aeroplane
    there is no record of when the aeroplane was made. we do know that Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright designed a series of gliders which would be flown as kites and piloted flights. On December 17, 1903,The brothers built a movable track to help launch the Flyer . After two attempts to fly this machine, one of which resulted in a minor crash, Orville Wright took the Flyer for a 12-second, sustained flight. In 1904, the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place on November 9.
  • port arlington

    port arlington
    The seaside town of Portarlington is located on the north-eastern corner of the Bellarine Peninsula, 31 kilometres from the city of Geelong.