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Industrial revolution begins
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1750 - 1914
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trading across this whole timeline
This is what trade was like all through the industrial revolution -
Seven year war
A global military war between 1756 - 1763, involving most of the big groups of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India and the Philippines -
The first canal opens
People carried coal through these canals to get it places faster and easier -
Arkwright
Arkwright makes a water powered weft ( the crosswise threads on a loom that are passed over and under the warp threads to make cloth, in weaving). -
Bridgewater canal extanded
Bridgewater extended to the Mersey in doing so connecting Liverpool. Extremely successful, extensive canal construction. -
Spinning Mule Developed
Samuel Crompton, created a hybrid machine to meet the needs of factories in the industrial Revolution it was able to spin more yarn than ever. -
Grand Trunk Canal
Grand trunk canal establishes a route across England connecting the Mersey to the Trent and connecting the industrial Midlands and Bristol, Liverpool and Hull. -
The first balloon
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes demonstrates their untethered manned hot air balloon in Paris in a balloon created by Montgolfier brother -
James Watt's Steam Engine
James Watts steam engine changed transport to be cheap and affordable -
Thames-Severn canal
Links up with the Bristol channel -
Thomas Telford's two great iron aqueducts
Thomas Telford makes two great iron aqueducts that go over the Dee and Ceiriog valleys. ( Aqueducts; Man made water channel used for conveying water, usually in the form of a bridge across a valley or other gap's.) -
First successful steam boat
Robert Fulton built the first successful steam boat in history.
Fun fact; A town in QL is named after it. -
The first Steam locomotive
Robert Trevithick demonstrates his steam locomotive -
Faraday's demonstration
Faraday demonstrates electro-magnetic rotation, the principle of the electric motor -
Caledonia Ship canal
Caledonia Ship Canal cuts clear through Scotland via the Great Glen -
Marc Brunel Invention
Marc makes a tunneling shield making subaqueous (existing, formed, or taking place under water.) tunneling possible. -
Berkeley Ship Canal
This canal connects Sharpness to Gloucester -
Liverpool and Manchester Railway
The railway begins it's first commercial rail services -
Faraday Discovers Electro-Magnetic Current
He discovers electro-magnetic current, making it possible to make generators and electric engines -
Brunel builds the first subaqueous tunnel
The first subaqueous tunnel was under the Thames. -
Great Brittains Ship
Was the first large, iron, screw-propelled steamship in Britain -
Petrol (gasoline) refining first used
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Etienne Lenoir
He demonstrates the first successful gasoline engine -
The Brooklyn Bridge opens
A huge suspension bridge built by father and son (Roebling's)
This is a huge triumph in engineering -
Benz
Develops the first automobile to run on internal, combustion engine -
Rudolf Diesel invents his namesake
He makes diesel fuel -
First zeppelin is made
The first Zeppelin airship was designed by Ferdinand, Graf von Zeppelin -
Wright brothers
On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made four brief flights at kitty hawk their first powered aircraft -
First Hybrid Car
The hybrid care was made in the U.S and became a complete failure because no one would buy it -
Ford
Henry Ford mass-produces the model T -
The titanic sinks
The titanic sank when she crashed into a iceberg taking 1500 passengers down to the bottom with her, only 700 survived
