timeline of important industrial revolution inventions

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  • The Spinning Jenny invented by James Hargreaves

    The Spinning Jenny invented by James Hargreaves

    It enabled the production cotton-based textiles much more efficiently, resulting in some of the earliest mass-produced goods. For a time, it also helped the UK maintain a near-monopoly on cotton-based items. [https://www.britannica.com/technology/spinning-jenny]
  • Watt steam engine invented by James Watt

    Watt steam engine invented by James Watt

    It allowed steam to generate even more, and it even paved the way for other major innovations like locomotives and steamboats.[https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Watt]
  • The Cotton Gin Invented by Eli Whitney

    The Cotton Gin Invented by Eli Whitney

    It made cotton harvesting much faster and boosted the need for slavery.[https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph]
  • Steel Plow invented by John Deere

    Steel Plow invented by John Deere

    It allowed for the massive parries of the Midwest to be used in farming growing the farming industry of midwestern America.[https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Deere]
  • Electrical telegraph invented by Samual Morse

    Electrical telegraph invented by Samual Morse

    It revolutionized communications technology, reducing the time it took to issue a message from months to minutes at most. It was the forerunner of what we know about speedy communication; it was the first technique to transmit news over the ocean without having to board a ship and sail there.[https://www.britannica.com/technology/telegraph]
  • A Sewing Machine invented by Elias Howe

    A Sewing Machine invented by Elias Howe

    This allowed for the rapid manufacture of clothing and other cotton products and played a part in the building the factory system of the late 1800's and 1900's. [
  • Besemer converter invented Henry Besemer

    Besemer converter invented Henry Besemer

    Steel could support the weight of a massive building and was another strong metal to employ in making things and allowing for larger structures.[https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/henry-bessemer]
  • The Telephone

    The Telephone

    It was a huge step forward in communications technology at the time, and it meant you didn't need to know a code like morse code or even know how to read and write like a telegram.[https://www.britannica.com/technology/telephone]
  • The Phonograph

    The Phonograph

    It basically birthed the music industry as before this if you wanted to hear music you would have had to have gone to a live showing of it but now they could record music and sell it to the public who could play it at any time. It also allowed for recorded messages of important information to be put down and recorded.[https://www.britannica.com/technology/phonograph]
  • The Incandescent Lamp invented by Joseph Wilson Swan

    The Incandescent Lamp invented by Joseph Wilson Swan

    It enabled actions to take place at night without the use of fire.[https://www.britannica.com/technology/incandescent-lamp]