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Josiah Wedgwood opened his pottery factory, where he implemented mass production through the division of labor.
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The spinning jenny is invented, revolutionizing the textile industry.
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Richard Arkwright invents the water frame, a more efficient model than the spinning jenny.
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The first iron bridge is constructed over the Severn River by Abraham Darby III, demonstrating the increasing use of iron.
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The first power loom is introduced.
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Samuel Crompton invents the mule, a combination of the water frame and the spinning jenny.
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Four-fifths of Great Britain’s iron is produced with the use of coke.
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Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin.
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The battery is invented by Alessandro Volta, allowing a wider application of electricity.
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Richard Trevithick builds a steam engine efficient enough for use in locomotives.
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Robert Fulton builds the first commercially successful steamboat, called North River.
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The construction of the Erie Canal begins.
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The U.S. cotton industry begins.
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Stockton and Darlington Railway begins using steam locomotives.
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The first prize-winning locomotive is Rocket.
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The first electric telegraphs are invented simultaneously in England and America.
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The first ships steam across the Atlantic.
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Samuel Morse’s Baltimore-to-Washington telegraph is built.
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The Crystal Palace, a greenhouse made of only glass and iron, opens in London.
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The first cotton mill in India is seen.
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India has the largest railway system in Asia.
