Top Ten Industrial Revolution Inventions

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  • The Atmospheric Steam Engine

    The Atmospheric Steam Engine

    Patented in 1712, Thomas Newcomen's invention of the Atmospheric Steam Engine allowed the possibility of using steam to gain energy.
  • The Spinning Mule

    The Spinning Mule

    Samuel Crompton invents spinning mule, used to spin cotton.
  • Better Steam Engine

    Better Steam Engine

    James Watts designs a more efficient and powerful steam engine in
  • Steam Boat

    Steam Boat

    John Fitch invents steam powered boat, traveling over water is faster.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney makes the cotton gin, a machine to pick cotton, making the need for slaves less.
  • Steam Engine Locomotive

    Steam Engine Locomotive

    George Stephenson creates the first steam powered locomotive allowing travel of goods and people exponentially faster.
  • The Telegraph

    The Telegraph

    Samuel Morse invents telegraph making communications easier.
  • Anesthetic

    Anesthetic

    Ether is used as an anaesthetic
  • The Telephone

    The Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone, one of the greatest forms of communication.
  • The Lightbulb

    The Lightbulb

    Thomas Edison creates the lightbulb
  • The Maxim Gun

    The Maxim Gun

    Invented by Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1883, this is the first recoil operated machine gun.