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Hargreaves invents spinning Jerry
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James Watt builds improved steam train
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James Watt patents an improved steam engine making it useful as a power source in factories and other applications such as steam boats and trains.
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Eli Watt's cotton gin built
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Stephenson commissioned to construct a 30-mile railway from Liverpool to Manchester.
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The Bessemer Process for making steel is invented by Henry Bessemer. This allowed for the mass production of inexpensive steel.
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Overland telegraph links South Australia with Darwin in north
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First camera