The Industrial Revolution (17501900)

By:
Isabelle Silva
Joaquina Diaz
Monse Castaeda
Jorge Ortiz

1 Jan 1764
A illiterate carpenter named James Hargreaves invents the spinning
jenny. This allowed weavers to double their productivity. This meant
that one man could do the work of over eight other people. This lead
to people become angry at Hargreaves. The Luddites destroyed many
of the spinning jennys.

Carbonated Water Invented

1 Jan 1767
Invented by Joseph Priestley by combining water and carbon
dioxide. This is a significant advancement because this
allowed for new drinks to be made and the birth of a soda
industry.

1st Jan, 1769

James Watt in association with Matthew Bolton greatly
improves the steam engine. It is used to lift coal out of mines
and drive great hammers in the iron industry and to power
spinning and weaving machines such as the Spinning Jenny
and the Flying Shuttle.

Electric Telegraph
3 Jun 1774
Georges Louis Lesage patented the electric telegraph in 1774
and forever changed the way people communicated. Although
his first design had one wire for each letter of the alphabet
and only connected two rooms of the house, it was the start
of a revolution.

21st Aug, 1787

John Fitch made the first ever successful trial of a
steamboat on the Delaware River. Pistons forced air
through the water, propelling the boat without
flooding the engine.

1st Jan, 1794

Eli Whitney creates the cotton gin.
His invention revolutionized the cotton industry.
It allowed cotton to be collected with hundreds less people.

1st Jan, 1796

Edward Jenner created the vaccine for smallpox.
Edward Jenner born in England in 1749 discovered the first
vaccine for smallpox. He found that milkmaids who had been
infected with cowpox, a much less deadly disease, did not
contract smallpox. To test his theory he injected an eight year
old boy with cowpox and six weeks later exposed him to
smallpox. The eight year old boy did not show any symptoms
of smallpox.

1st Jan, 1800

The first conventional battery is invented.
Alessandro Volta invented the first battery called the
Voltaic Pile.
It was the first practical method of generating electricity.
The Voltaic Pile however could not generate electricity for
a long period of time.

Steam Boat Trips in America

7 Aug 1807
Robert Fulton used WAtt's new steam engine to create a boat
that was powered by it. He based a company on this new
boat and traveled the rivers of America in them.

Tin Can Invented

1 Jan 1810
This sealed container was used in packaging food to troops for
the British and is significant in that it made food portable
without spilling and led to the development of packaged food.

steam engine train

31 Jan 1811
John Blenkinsop develops first practical locomotive using the
steam engine from Watt.

1st Jan, 1817

The first ever bicycle was the Walking
Machine invented by Baron von Drais.
It was made to move around the royal gardens.
It had two wheels of the same size and a
steerable frame.
It was propelled by pushing your feet along the
ground as there were no pedals.

Stethoscope Invented
1 Jan 1819
Ren Lannec is the man who invented the stethoscope that
is used to listen to heart and lung sounds that are difficult to
hear with the ear alone. This is significant for medicine
because conditions could be identified with this trumped like
device.

1st Jan, 1825

The typewriter is invented.
Alfred Ely Beach born in the USA was the
inventor of the typewriter.
The original typewriter had a keyboard whose
casing was in alphabetical order.
The keyboard style was changed to the QWERTY
system that we know today because the ink
would smudge if you typed letters close to each
other too frequently.
None of the first typewriters were successful as
they were not seen as a useful invention.

1st Jan, 1827

The first ever photo was taken
In the summer of 1827 Joseph
Niepce took the first ever
photographic image.
Prior to this event people only
used the camera for viewing and
drawing a certain area, not
making photographs.

First American Typewriter Pattented

1 Jan 1829
William Austin Burt pattented the Typographer which was the
first typewriter in the United States. This improved writing
because it made consistent letter marks on a consistent
physical paper structure.

1st Jan, 1830

George Stephenson begins a railway service between Liverpool
and Manchester
The railway allowed goods to be transported safely.
Very heavy goods such as coal, iron and clay could not be transported
by road.
Safe, fast and cheap transport meant cheaper goods and therefore more
customers could afford the goods.

1st Jan, 1836

Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph.
Samuel Morse invented the telegraph, which allowed
messages to be sent quickly over a wire.
In 1860, there was a telegraph wire which spread from
the east of the USA to the south.

1
D
N
U
O

E
M
I
T
E
M
GA

1st Jan, 1836

Invention of the revolver.
In 1836 Samuel Colt invented the first ever revolver and
named it after himself the Colt.
The weapon was equipped with a revolving cylinder
which chambers six rounds and an innovative cocking
device.

Bicycle Invented
1 Jan 1839
Invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, this invention created a
faster way to transport oneself. The bicylce allowed someone
to pedal in order to propel the machine without placing their
feet on the ground. Made a different way to transport
someone rather than walking.

Magnetic Telegraph Company

1 May 1845
Samuel Morse began his company based on his improved
ideas of the telegraph and the language he has created for it.

1st Jan, 1846

The sewing machine was invented.
Elias Howe was awarded a patent in 1846
for the first commercially viable sewing
machine.
It is what the printing press was to books,
an invention that sped up a thousand fold
the processing of textiles into marketable
goods.

Transatlantic Telegraph Cable Laid

16 Aug 1858
This cable that ran from Ireland to Newfoundland improved
communication by shortening the time to communicate
across sea.

1st Jan, 1866

Alfred Nobel invents dynamite.
Alfred Nobel was born in 1833 in Switzerland and
was the inventor of dynamite.
It was the most explosive device in the world at
the time.
Nobel did not want to be remembered for
explosions so he created the Nobel Prize.

1st Jan, 1873

Barbed wire is invented
The American wild west was revolutionised by the
simple invention of barbed wire. This allowed
ranchers and cowboys to contain their land and
keep it from animals such as wolves and coyotes.

Telephone Patented
14 Feb 1876
Alexander Graham Bell patents one of the most important
inventions in history. His telephone allowed parties to
communicate with each other across large distances.

Telephone Switchboard Invented

1 Jan 1877
Invented by Tivadar Puskas while working for Thomas Edison
that allowed networks to form between telephones and led.

1st Jan, 1879

Thomas Edison invents the first incandescent light bulb.
Thomas Edison born in 1874 was one of the most successful
inventors in the world.
He experimented with thousands of different materials before finding
the correct combination to make an incandescent light bulb.
The bulb lasted for 40 hours without burning out.
He eventually invented a bulb that lasted for 1500 hours.

1st Jan, 1880

The guillotine was invented
The guillotine was invented by Frenchman
Dr. Guillotine.
Guillotine was part of a political group, but
invented to guillotine to make executions
in France more humane.
Before this people had their limbs tied to
four oxen and pulled apart.

1st May, 1883

The Brooklyn Bridge was completed
After 13 years of construction the largest
suspension bridge of the time was completed
in New York.
The Brooklyn Bridge was designed by John
Roebling, Washington Roebling and David
Steinman.

1st Jan, 1885

The first motorcycle was invented.
The first ever motorcycle was invented in the late 19th century by
German engineer Gottlieb Daimler.
Daimler was born on March 17, 1834 in a village near Stuttgart,
Germany.
He gained factory experience at a young age and worked on the
prototype of the bike for years until he finally affected them.

1st Jan, 1886

The first automobile was invented
Karl Benz born in 1844 in Germany was the inventor of the
first car.
He and his wife founded the first ever petrol powered
automobile company, Mercedes Benz.

8th May, 1886

Coca Cola is sold to the public.
In May of 1886 Coca Cola was invented by Doctor
John Pemberton of Atlanta.
His bookkeeper Frank Robinson suggested the name
and also wrote the iconic logo of Coca Cola by hand.
Until 1905 the drink contained cocaine.

A.C. Motor pattented

1 May 1888
Nikola Tessla made the first A.C. electric motor (after
inventing Alternating Current a few years before). This is the
motor used in almost all electricly powered machines, even
today.

15th Mar, 1892

The escalator is patented
On the 15th of March 1892 American inventor Jesse W. Reno
patented his moving stairs or as he called it, the inclined
elevator.
The escalator was originally used in amusement parks starting
with Coney Island.

1st Jan, 1900

The zeppelin is invented
A German military officer named Fernando von Zeppelin
invented a rigid framed airship, which he named after
himself.
During the zeppelins first ever flight it flew approximately
3.7 miles in 17 minutes.
The zeppelin was used in World War 1 by the Germans.

2
D
N
RO U

M
A

E
M
I
T
E

 References: