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Jethro Tull invented the seed drill to revolutionize farming. the drill digs and seeds by itself, making it easier on the farmer.
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Abraham Darby uses coke to smelt iron ore which replaces the traditional way of burning wood.
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Thomas Newcomen builds the first commercial steam engine.
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French C. Hopffer patents the first Fire Extinguisher
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Joh Kay's Flying Shuttle was a great contributor for the Industrikal revolution, it greatly accelerated the process of weaving.
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Ben Franklin invents the lightning rod.
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James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, a machine that automates the production of the 'warp' that creates cloth
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this water powered frame automates the production of the weft.
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James Watts invents a steam that is much more efficient that its predecessor.
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Edmund Cartwright builds the power loom.
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the first fleet brings convicts from Britain to Australia to build a new colony.
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The sewing machine was a great advance in the production of cloth.
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Thomas Telford build two great aqueducts over the 'Dee' and Cierog Valleys
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
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these made production of many things much faster by enabling the swapping machines faster.
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this was a mix of the Spinning Jenny and the Water Frame and produced strong and thin yarn.
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Allessandro Volta invents the first battery.
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Robert Fulton's first succesful steam boat
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Brunel's invention allowed the possibility of tunneling underwater.
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Isambard Brunel build a tunnel under the Thames.
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Samuel F. B. Morse invents the telegraph (morse code).
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George Stephenson's invention that speeds up a train.
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Some restrictions regarding child labour were put in place, children under 9 year of age could not work;
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A group of around 20 Australian aborigines were murdered in Myall Creek.
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this is pretty much an upgraded version of the power loom.
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This charter brought forward a bunch of new laws regrding the government and elections.
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Gold was discovered in Australia around Bathurst, New South Wales and Victoria.
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The first official AFL game was played by Scotch College and Melbourne Grammar, in Australia.
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Alfred Nobel creates dynamite, the first explosive that could be handled.
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Alexander Graham Bell invemts first practical microphone.
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Alexander Graham Bell revolutioonizes communication by inventing the telephone.
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Thomas Edison invents the light bulb which defeats the need for having a fire for light.
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Edison had created the phonograph which is the first record player.
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Rudolph Diesel invents the first Diesel Engine. the diesel engine burns less fuel than normal engines and does not need a spark plug.
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http://americanhistory.about.com/library/charts/blchartindrev.htm
http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/ir/irchron.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(flying_shuttle)
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