The industrial revolution By kevinalcala 1730 Rotherham plough 1733 Kay´s flying shuttle 1764 Spinning machine spinning jenny 1769 Watt´s steam engine 1776 Adam Smith: The Wealth of Nations 1780 Threshing machine 1785 Cartwright´s powor loom 1807 First commertian steam boat 1811 Luddism (1811-1817) 1824 Mechanical reaper 1825 First trade unions 1829 Stephenson´s steam locomotive 1834 Grand National Consolided Trade Union 1855 Bessemer converter steel manufacturing 1864 First International