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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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BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Journal Articles
Arkwright: Cotton King or Spin Doctor?
(Richard Arkwright, entrepreneur of the
Industrial Revolution)
History Today, March 1998 - Karen Fisk
http://www.findarticles.com/
cf_0/m1373/n3_v48/20371140/p1/article.jhtml?term=richard+arkwright

Bessemer Steelmaking result of Inventor Trio.
American Metal Making, March 4, 1999
- Roberta C. Yafie
http://www.findarticles.com/
cf_0/m3MKT/42_107/54059697/p1/article.jhtml?term=henry+bessemer

Something New, Something Old.
Industry Week, 10/02/2000,
Vol. 249 Issue 16, pg 12
- Vivian Pospisil, Jill Jusko
http://www.britannica.com/magazine/article?query=the+industrial+revolution&id=5&smode=1

Britain 1800.
History Today, Nov 2000,
Vol. 50 Issue 11, pg 29
- Black, Jeremy
http://www.britannica.com/magazine/article?query=the+industrial+revolution&id=1&smode=1

Leeds Looks To The Future.
Industry Week, Feb 2002,
Vol. 251 Issue 2, pg 63
- Mudd, Tom
http://www.britannica.com/magazine/article?query=the+industrial

Books
Understanding the Industrial Revolution
- by Charles More

The Industrial Revolution in National Context:
Europe and the USA
- by Mikulas Teich and Roy Porter

Eli Whitney (Discover the Life of an Inventor)
- by Ann Gaines

James Watt: Inventor of a Steam Engine
- by Robert N. Webb

The Goodyear Story: An Inventor’s Obsession and the Struggle for a Rubber Monopoly
- by Richard Korman

Rocket to Fame: The amazing story of
George Stephenson, creator of Britain’s
railway system - by John Rowland

Robert Fulton and the Steamboat
- by Ralph Nading Hill and Lee J. Ames

Century of the Reaper - by Cyrus McCormick

Wheels of Time: A Biography of Henry Ford
- by Catherine Gourley

J.P. Morgan - by Stanley Jackson

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