1708 - Jethro Tull's mechanical seed sower permits large-scale planting in rows for easier cultivation between the rows of crops.
1709 - Abraham Darby introduced coke smelting to smelt iron with coke instead of charcoal.
1712 - Thomas Newcomen develops the first commercially successful steam engine known as the Atmospheric Steam Engine. Although it is not exceedingly useful yet, the idea of using steam to power engines will be significant in the development of the Industrial Revolution.
1730 - The seed drill is invented by Jethro Tull. This freed labour from the fields and lowered crop prices. This was a critical point of the agricultural revolution.
1733 - John Kay develops the flying shuttle which weaves yarn mechanically rather than by hand, allowing weavers to weave faster.
1742 - The first cotton mills open in England.
1759 - The first Canal Act is passed by the British Parliament; this leads to the construction of a national network of inland waterways for transport and industrial supplies.
1764 - James Hargreaves is credited to have invented the spinning jenny. This machine greatly accelerates cotton spinning; making it easier and faster to make cloth.
1769 - Richard Arkwright patents his water frame - a spinning machine powered by water.
1769 - James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine than the Newcomen that allowed steam to be converted. (Steam engines in the Revolution would power the first trains, steamboats, and factories.)
1769 - In Britain, the first rural textile mills were built, and children were a major part of the workforce. Manchester and Lancashire were the first towns to establish a factory system.
1771 - Richard Arkwright opens a water-powered mill in Cromford, England.
1774 - Matthew Boulton and Jame Watt open a steam-engine factory in Birmingham, England.
1779 - Samuel Crompton perfects the spinning mule.
1779 - The first steam powered mills are erected.
1781 - Jame Watt invents a rotary motion device for his steam engine.
1785 - Watt's steam engine is first used to power a cotton mill.
1794 - Eli Whitney invents a cotton gin that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber, quickening the production of clean raw cotton.
1801 - Richard Trevithick builds a steam carriage.
1807 - Robert Fulton begins steamboat service on the Hudson River.
1816 - In Britain, 15.2% of children under the age of 18 worked in the textile mills and 20% of children under the age of 13.
1830 - George Stephenson begins rail service between Liverpool and London.
1830 - In the U.S, 55% of mill workers in Rhode Island were children.
1833 - The first effective Factory Act was passed in Britain, regulating child labour in cotton mills.
1840 - Samuel Cunard begins transatlantic steamship service.
1842 - The Coal Mines Act prevented women and children from working in harsh conditions in mines.
1844 - Samual Morse invents the telegraph, which allows for messages to be sent quickly over a wire. (By 1860, 16 years later, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the US west of the Mississippi River).
1846 - Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. Now clothes can be made in large factories and don't need to be sewn by hand.
1853 - Elisha Otis invents a safety break to prevent elevator cars from falling (if a cable were to break).
1855 (January) - The Bessemer Method for processing steel is invented by Henry Bessemer. This is a process for making steel out of iron, a way for steel to be produced more quickly. This helps the production of buildings (and lets the establishment of these constructions cost less) and leads to the growth of cities.
1866 - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 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.
1866 - The Siemens brothers improve steelmaking by developing the open hearth furnace.
1876 (March) - Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone. Being able to speak to people over a telephone wire greatly changes the way the world communicates.
1879 (October) - Thomas Edison creates a light bulb that lasts longer than any other light bulb designs. His long-lasting light bulbs allow people to do many things at night productively that used to only be reserved for during the day.
1903 (December) - Orville and Wilbur Write invent the first powered airplane flight (the first plane that is not powered by wind). The Write brothers make the first successful powered airplane flight - Orville flies the plane for 12 seconds over a beach in North Carolina.
1709 - Abraham Darby introduced coke smelting to smelt iron with coke instead of charcoal.
1712 - Thomas Newcomen develops the first commercially successful steam engine known as the Atmospheric Steam Engine. Although it is not exceedingly useful yet, the idea of using steam to power engines will be significant in the development of the Industrial Revolution.
1730 - The seed drill is invented by Jethro Tull. This freed labour from the fields and lowered crop prices. This was a critical point of the agricultural revolution.
1733 - John Kay develops the flying shuttle which weaves yarn mechanically rather than by hand, allowing weavers to weave faster.
1742 - The first cotton mills open in England.
1759 - The first Canal Act is passed by the British Parliament; this leads to the construction of a national network of inland waterways for transport and industrial supplies.
1764 - James Hargreaves is credited to have invented the spinning jenny. This machine greatly accelerates cotton spinning; making it easier and faster to make cloth.
1769 - Richard Arkwright patents his water frame - a spinning machine powered by water.
1769 - James Watt designs a more efficient steam engine than the Newcomen that allowed steam to be converted. (Steam engines in the Revolution would power the first trains, steamboats, and factories.)
1769 - In Britain, the first rural textile mills were built, and children were a major part of the workforce. Manchester and Lancashire were the first towns to establish a factory system.
1771 - Richard Arkwright opens a water-powered mill in Cromford, England.
1774 - Matthew Boulton and Jame Watt open a steam-engine factory in Birmingham, England.
1779 - Samuel Crompton perfects the spinning mule.
1779 - The first steam powered mills are erected.
1781 - Jame Watt invents a rotary motion device for his steam engine.
1785 - Watt's steam engine is first used to power a cotton mill.
1794 - Eli Whitney invents a cotton gin that separates cotton seeds from cotton fiber, quickening the production of clean raw cotton.
1801 - Richard Trevithick builds a steam carriage.
1807 - Robert Fulton begins steamboat service on the Hudson River.
1816 - In Britain, 15.2% of children under the age of 18 worked in the textile mills and 20% of children under the age of 13.
1830 - George Stephenson begins rail service between Liverpool and London.
1830 - In the U.S, 55% of mill workers in Rhode Island were children.
1833 - The first effective Factory Act was passed in Britain, regulating child labour in cotton mills.
1840 - Samuel Cunard begins transatlantic steamship service.
1842 - The Coal Mines Act prevented women and children from working in harsh conditions in mines.
1844 - Samual Morse invents the telegraph, which allows for messages to be sent quickly over a wire. (By 1860, 16 years later, telegraph wires stretch from the east coast of the US west of the Mississippi River).
1846 - Elias Howe invents the sewing machine. Now clothes can be made in large factories and don't need to be sewn by hand.
1853 - Elisha Otis invents a safety break to prevent elevator cars from falling (if a cable were to break).
1855 (January) - The Bessemer Method for processing steel is invented by Henry Bessemer. This is a process for making steel out of iron, a way for steel to be produced more quickly. This helps the production of buildings (and lets the establishment of these constructions cost less) and leads to the growth of cities.
1866 - Alfred Nobel invents dynamite, 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.
1866 - The Siemens brothers improve steelmaking by developing the open hearth furnace.
1876 (March) - Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone. Being able to speak to people over a telephone wire greatly changes the way the world communicates.
1879 (October) - Thomas Edison creates a light bulb that lasts longer than any other light bulb designs. His long-lasting light bulbs allow people to do many things at night productively that used to only be reserved for during the day.
1903 (December) - Orville and Wilbur Write invent the first powered airplane flight (the first plane that is not powered by wind). The Write brothers make the first successful powered airplane flight - Orville flies the plane for 12 seconds over a beach in North Carolina.
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