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The Industrial Revolution
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Mchanical seed sower
Jethro Tull's mechanical (seed) sower permits large-scale planting in rows, for easier cultivation. -
Fuel
Abraham Darby uses soke to smelt iron ore, replacing wood and charcoal as fuel. -
The Newcomensteam engine
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First sucessful steam engine
Thomas Newcomen builds first commercially successful steam engine. Able to keep deep coal mines clear of water. first significant power source other than wind and water. -
Flying shuttle
John Kay's flying shuttle -
First threshing machine.
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Power Loom
Cartwright builds a power loom -
Demonstartion of a steam locomotive
Robert Trevithick demonstrates a steam locomotive -
First sucessful steamboat
Robert Fulton's clermont first successful steamboat. -
Electro-magnetic rotation
Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the principle of the electric motor. -
Morse Code
Morse develops Morse Code. -
First ocean going steamship
Great Western the first ocean going steamship -
First sewing machine
Singer invents first practical seing machine -
Natural sciences tripo at cambridge
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Elevator safety brake
Elisha otis invents the elevator safety brake making skyscrapers possible. -
Origin of Species
Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species -
Oil Stirke
Edwin Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania -
First succesful gasoline engine
Etienne Lenoir demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine -
Dynamite
Alfred Nobel produces dynamite, the first high explosive which can be handled safely. -
Telephone
Bell invents the telephone -
Automobile
Benz develops first automobile to run on internal combustion engine. -
Aspirin
Aspirin invnted -
First powered flight
Wright brothers make first powered flight -
Model T
Henry Ford mass-produces the Model T -
World War 1 began
