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Thomas Newcomen invents the first practical steam engine
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Invention of the lightning rod by Benjamin Franklin
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James Herg Invents the Spinning Jenny
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James Watt patents the improves steam engine
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Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
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Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
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Food riots in parts of England protest higher prices
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The Parliament passes the Combination Act, making trade unions illegal
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The Parliament passes the Factory Act, shortening the hours of factory work by children.
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The Parliament lifts the Combination Act, allowing workers to form trade unions
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The parliament passes a factory act to ban children of certain ages from working in the mines
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John Deere invents the steel plow. Increasing efficiency and productivity of ploughing the soil.
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Deere invents the steel plow, making work on the farm easier
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Samuel Morse invents the telegraph
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Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. His invention revolutionised garment manufacturing and decreased the time of production
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Invention of the elevator safety break by Elisha Otis
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Henry Bessemer invents the process of making steel out of iron
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Alfred Nobel invents dynamite
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Invention of the typewriter by Christopher Sholes
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Alexander patents the telephone.
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Thomas Edison, although not inventing it, perfected and patented the light bulb
