The Industrial Revolution and Early Capitalsim By Francisco dedi 8 Period: 1750 to 1869 First Industrial Revolution 1769 Invention of the Steam Engine 1776 Publication of An Inquiry into the Nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Samith 1825 Invention of Locomotive 1825 Approval of the Enclosure Acts 1854 Invention of the Vessemer converter 1860 Invention of telephone 1862 Invention of the combustion engine Period: 1870 to 1910 Second Industrial Revolution 1876 Presentation of the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell 1879 Invention of the light bulb 1885 Presentation of the first automobile 1896 Wireless telegraph 1903 Flight of the Wright Brothers 1908 Beginning of production of the Ford Model T