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Industrial Revolution

                                                           

Adam Smith                                                                                                  

 

Eli Whitney

                                                                                                                  

                                                                         
Cyrus Field      

 

 

Trans Atlantic Telegraph

    

James Watt

 

                                                                                      

John Lundon McAdam                                                                                            

 

                                                                                  

Steam Engine                                                                                                     

                                                                                              

Sir Henry Bessemer                                                                                     

 

Robert Fulton

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIME LINE

1552-the first patent had been granted.
1698- Thomas Savery invents a steam-driven pump to remove water from  mine shafts.
1701- Jethro Tull invents the seed drill freeing agricultural labor and lowering crop prices
1709- Abraham Darby introduces coke smelting ( replacing wood and charcoal) at his ironworks in
England.
1712- Thomas Newcomen developes the first workable steam-powered engine pumping water out of coal mines.
1733- John Ksy invents the Flying Shuttle greatly accelerating the weaving process and begining the mechaniztion of the textile industry.
1740- Benjamin Huntsman discovers the crucible steel making process.
1759-The first Canal Act is passed by the British Parliament leading to the construction of a nation-wide network of canals for the transport of industrial supplies and finished goods.
1763- James Hargreaves invents the “Spinning Jenny “ greatly accelerating the weaving process
1764-Pierre Trosanquet develops a new method of road building in
France.
1765- James Watt introduces improvements to the Newcomen steam engine .
1769- Richard Arkwright patents the Water Frame bringing water power to the textile industry.
1770-The first satisfactory screw-cutting lathes were made by an English instrument maker, Jesse Ramsden.
1733-The loom is of ancient origin, but the first modern invention to increase its efficiency was the flying shuttle patented by John Kay.
1775- James Watt produces the first reliable, efficient steam engine.
1775 John Wilkinson invented the cylinder boring machine that made Watt’s steam engine a practical source of power.
1777-
Grand Trunk Canal is opened establishing a cross-England route connecting the Mersey and Trent rivers and connecting the industrial midlands to the ports of Bristol and Liverpool.
1779-Henry Maudslay designed the first all-iron bridge constructed in
England and his factory cast the iron for it.
1785- Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom that mechanized the weaving process
1786- John Fitch designed a dual, 12 paddle assembly which was tested on the
Delaware River.
1798- Eli Whitney secured a
US government contract (for $134,000) to produce 10,000 army muskets.
1818- Whitney invented the first milling machine.
1839- William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone installed a telegraph line along the Great Western Railway and it was used initially to report on the position of trains.
1851- Isaac Singer of
Boston invented the first really practical, domestic sewing machine in.
1860- The first really successful internal combustion engine was produced by a French engineer, Etienne Lenoir.
1865- In
England, mysticism triumphed when Parliament passed the Locomotive on Highways Act.
1876- Nikolaus Otto built the first engine on the four stroke principle.
1903- Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first successful flight in a heavier-than-air machine

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Eli Whitney (Discover the Life of an Inventor)
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James Watt: Inventor of a Steam Engine
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The Goodyear Story: An Inventor’s Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly
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Rocket to Fame: The amazing story of
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Robert Fulton and the Steamboat
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Century of the Reaper - by Cyrus McCormick

Wheels of Time: A Biography of Henry Ford
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