Industrial Revolution
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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1764 The spinning jenny is invented.
- James Hargreaves, a British carpenter and weaver, invents the spinning jenny. The machine spins more than one ball of yarn or thread at a time, making it easier and faster to make cloth.
1769 James Watt improves the steam engine.
- James Watt from Scotland designs a more efficient steam engine. One of the most important inventions of the Industrial Revolution, steam engines power the first trains, steamboats, and factories.
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1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin.
- li Whitney creates a machine that makes it much easier to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. It greatly reduces the time it takes to clean cotton and helps the southern
1844 Samuel Morse invents the telegraph.
- Samuel Morse invents the telegraph, which allows messages to be sent quickly over a wire. By 1860, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the United States west of the Mississippi River.
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1846 Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.
- At a time when people had to make their own clothes at home or pay someone else to sew them by hand, Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. Now clothes can be made in large factories.
1853 Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break.
- Elevators were already invented by 1853, but people worried about elevator cars falling. Elisha Otis invents a safety break to prevent them from falling if a cable breaks, making people feel more confident about using elevators in tall buildings.
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1855 The Bessemer Method for processing steel is invented.
- Henry Bessemer invents a process for making steel out of iron. Having a way to make steel more quickly and more cheaply helps the production of building and leads to the growth of cities.
1866 Alfred Nobel creates dynamite.
- Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, which is a safer way to blast holes in mountains or the ground than simply lighting black powder. Dynamite is important in clearing paths to build things such as roads and railroad tracks
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1870 Louis Pasteur develops vaccines for diseases.
- A chemist named Louis Pasteur believed that germs caused disease. Using this information, he created vaccines that helped prevent many common diseases, which helped people live longer.
1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
- Alexander Graham Bell was the first to able to speak to people over a telephone wire greatly changes the way the world communicates.
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