The Industrial Revolution

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  • Cheaper and easier method to produce cast iron

    Using a coke-fueled furnace
    By Abraham Darby (1678-1717)
  • First practical steam engine

    First practical steam engine

    By Thomas Newcomen (1664-1729)
  • Invention of the spinning jenny

    Invention of the spinning jenny

    By James Hargreaves (1722-1778)

  • Use of steam machine to power machinery

    By James Watt (1736-1819)
  • Invention of the power loom

    Invention of the power loom

  • Invention of the telegraph

    Invention of the telegraph

    By Claude Chappe (1763-1805)
  • Invention of the Stephenson's rocket

    Invention of the Stephenson's rocket

    A revolutionary steam locomotive
    By Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)
  • Invention of photography

    Invention of photography

    By Jacques Louis Daguerre (1787-1851)

  • First inexpensive process for mass-producing steel

    By Henry Bessemer (1813-1898)