Jethro Tull is credited with creating the first seed drill.
Steam Engine
New Version of traditional Spinning Machine
Samuel Crompton introduces the spinning machine, combining the efforts of earlier machines in the production of cotton products.
Rotary Motion device for Steam Engine
Cotton Gin
Richard Trevithick develops the steam locomotive.
George Stephenson operates his locomotive Locomotion along a 20-mile rail in England, the first time a steam locomotive hauls cars on a public railway.
Samuel F. B. Morse sends the first telegraph message from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland. Five years later he is granted a patent for his invention.
Henry Bessemer establishes the Bessemer process, in which steel could be made in more quantities for less money.