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More efficient steam engine
In 1775, James Watt was given a model engine to repair. He realised that it was hopelessly inefficient and began to improve the design. He designed a separate condensing chamber for the steam engine that prevented enormous losses of steam.which uses less and alows it to run for longer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_steam_engine
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james cook death
On February 14, 1779, Captain James Cook, the great English explorer and navigator, was murdered by natives of Hawaii during his third visit to the Pacific island group. he was murded while having a hawaiin native in hostage as he got speard through the throu -
First Fleet
Between 1788 and 1850 the English sent over 162,000 convicts to Australia in 806 ships. The first eleven of these ships are known as the First Fleet and contained the convicts and marines that are now acknowledged as the Founders of Australia.
http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/index.html
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Battery electric currnet
in 1800 a Very smart man named AlwssandroVolta invented a battery to store an electrical current. the electric potential, volt was named after his last name -
gold rush Australia
Edward HArgraves finds gold in bellarate Victoria, Bathurst and New South Wales, targeting many different gold rushes.
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the last convict shippings
When the last shipment of convicts disembarked in Western Australia in 1868, the total number of transported convicts stood at around 162,000 men and women. They were transported here on 806 ships. -
Federation of Australia
Australia became an independent nation on 1 January 1901. The British Parliament passed legislation allowing the six Australian colonies to govern in their own right as part of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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The Wright Brothers
December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above the ground on a windy beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet.
"if birds can fly for a long period of time, well why cant i?"-Wright Brothers
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Titanic
On April 10, 1912, The Titanic embarked on its maiden voyage, sailing from Southampton, England, to New York City. One of the largest and most luxurious passenger liners at the time hits an iceberg in the Atlantic ocean; 1517 people died
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The first world war 1914-1918
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Simpson and his donkey, Gallipoli
During the morning of April 26th , along with his fellows, Jack was carrying casualties back to the beach over his shoulder. It was then that he saw the donkey.he started carrying wounded passengers, seemingly completely fatalistic and scornful of the extreme danger. -
henry ford model t
On May 26, 1927, Henry Ford watched the fifteen millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park, Michigan. Since theuniversal car was the industrial success story of its age.
