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Improved Steam Engine
James Watt improved the steam engine that originally was invented in 1712. He increased the fuel efficency and reduced the size of the engine. This made it more realistic for factories to use them. -
Electric Telegraph
Georges Louis Lesage patented the electric telegraph in 1774 and forever changed the way people communicated.Altough his first design had one wire for each letter of the alphabet and only connected two rooms of the house, it was the start of a revolution. -
First Sewing Machine
Barthélemy Thimonnier invents the first sewing machine in France. At first his invention was not public but later became a model that other machines were built off of. This invention is important because it made sewing faster by making the job mechanical and not by hand. -
Invention of the battery
Alessandro Volta invents the first battery which consisted of blocks of zinc that formed reactions with each other to generate power. This is significant since power became portable and didn't rely on wires. -
Steam Train
John Blenkinsop develops first practical locomotive using the steam engine from Watt. Within 15 years the world's first public railway station was built in London
