Industrial revolution
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Updated: 11 Feb 2020
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Invention of the Spinning Jenny.A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure to push a piston back and forth inside a cylinder. This pushing force is transformed, by a connecting rod and flywheel, into rotational force for work.Samuel Slater (1768–1835)A cotton gin – meaning "cotton engine" – is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, enabling much greater productivity than manual cotton separation.New
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eventSlater, the Traitor 1789Slater The Traitor (1789)Blockaded 1812What they made/produced (1820)Ernie Canal 1825Invention of the eletric motor (1890)Scottish social philosopher Adam Smith (1723-1790)
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