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Industrial Inventions

Published on Feb 03, 2016

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4. STEAMBOAT

  • Robert Fulton
  • 1807
  • A way of transportation
  • Could take more direct routes to certain places across water

3. SMELT IRON

  • Anonymous iron producing factories
  • No particular creation date
  • Hardest metal at the time
  • Could make super strong, sturdy structures

2. COTTON GIN

  • Eli Whitney
  • 1794
  • Made the value of a slave much greater
  • Slave traders could pretty much become wealthier know
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1. STEAM ENGINE

  • James Watt
  • 1775
  • Faster transportation
  • Major impact in transport of people, goods,etc.
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