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Industrial Revolution Events
Big events and invention during the industrial revolution -
Steam Engine
James Watt improves the steam steam engine greatly and started a new way to power and create machines. -
Telegrapgh
Samuel F. B. Morse creates the telegrapgh which help to communicate to other people from far away, the telegrapgh signals transmit into elecrtrical wires. The message would then be received in a code and can be translasted through the "Morse Code". -
Dynamite
Alfred Nobel was the inventor of dynamite, although past explosives had already been invented, dynamite was a new type of explosive because it was a safer from the rest. Dynamite has been used a lot during the industrial revoulution because it was used for mining and make to make railway tracks in mountains -
Telephone
The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell it was a device that allowed communication to other people over a great distance through electrical wires. Alexander however was'nt the only person to have come up with the phone elisha Gray was also working on his own version on the phone and when both came out there was a big lawsut and Alexander won. Alexander Graham Bell got the idea from the telegraph but he wanted to improve it. -
Nobel Prize
After Nobel invented dynamite many people around the world started to use this invention and as a result died. Alfred did not want ot be known as the man whose invention had killed many so instead before he died he put in his will that he wanted to give out an award to scientists whose inventions have changed the world. This award was later known as the Nobel Peace Prize. -
First Aeroplane
The first aeroplan/airplane was invented by the Wright brothers Orville and Wilbur Wirght, they wanted to create a new mode of transportation that could fly. After several failed attets they managed to create an aircraft that could fly with a man on it and land without damage. This was a new step in the world because of this invention we have many of our modern day planes are based of this design. -
Model T Ford
Henry Ford creates the Model T ford which creates a new form of tansport for man other people. -
Assmebly Line
Henry ford creates a factory with the very asembly lne which creates more cars evcryday but intrduces a new form of slavery? many factories today use and assebly line espescially for cars, some factories even use robots instead of people.
