The Industrial Revolution ~

  • Giovanni Branca - Steam Wheel

  • Thomas Savery - First Steam Engine

  • Thomas Newcomen - Atmospheric Steam Engine

  • John Kay - Flying Shuttle

  • Turnpikes For Horse-Drawn Wagons

  • James Hargreaves - Spinning Jenny

  • James Hargreaves - Finished Spinning Jenny

  • Richard Arkwright - Patents Spinning Frame

  • James Watt Improves Steam Engine

  • Samuel Crmpton - Spinning Mule

  • Power Loom Invented

  • John Fitch - Patented Steamboat

  • Samuel Slater - First Industrial Mill In U. S.

  • Cotton Gin Patented

  • Eli Whitney - Interchangeable Parts For Muskets

  • Richard Trevithick - First Steam Locomotive On Rails

  • Embargo Act

  • Cumberland Road Begins

  • Erie Canal Begins

  • New York Stock Exchange Founded

  • Lowell, Massachusetts Founded

  • Faraday's Electric Discovery

  • John Deere Creates First Steel Plow

  • Roland Hill - Adhesive Postage Stamp

  • Telegraph Cable Laid Across Atlantic

  • Bell Telephone Patented

  • Electric Railways Began To Be Used