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The Industrial Revolution

By Dayna
  • The Bank of England was esablished

    The Bank of England was esablished
    The bank of Englnd was established.
  • The blast Furnuce

    The blast Furnuce
    Abraham Darby develpos a blast furnace which produces iron fast and at high quality.
  • The steam Engine

    Thomas Newcombe develops the first practical steam engine
  • Thomas Newcome develops the first pratical steam engine

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    Spinning and Weaving machines

    The invention of new and larger spinning and weaving machines shifts the textile industry into factories
  • Enclosed frming excelerates.

    Enclosed frming excelerates.
  • James Watt invents a steam engine thats can continuously provide power

  • Sameual crompton invents the spinning mule

    Sameual crompton invents the spinning mule
  • Henry Cort’s ‘puddling’ process further improves the quality of iron products

  • United States win independence over Britan

  • – The Boulton and Watt steam engine is first used in textiles factories

  • First British fleet arrives at Botany Bay (Sydney)

  • The French Revolution begins

  • The first official population census is taken in Britain

  • British found the new colony of Van Diemen’s land (Tasmania)

  • The first working steam locomotive train, known as Puffing Billy, is built

  • The first English public steam railway (from Stockton to Darlington) is opened

  • Railway building begins in France and Germany

  • Samuel Morse develops the single wire telegraph

  • Australia’s gold rush begins

  • Alexander Graham Bell patents the first telephone

  • Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulb

  • Eiffel Tower completed in Paris, France

  • Wright brothers invent modern flight

  • Henry Ford mass produces the Model T Ford automobile