Industrial Revolution
Category: Other
Updated: 3 May 2021
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Created byBruh Moment
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Events
Charles Townsend -
New method of crop
rotation 'four field
system'Jon Kay -
INvented a
mechanised handloom
with a 'Flying Shuttle'Enclosed Movement -
Wealthy landowners
could 'engage' large
areas of land.James Watt -
Starts improving
design of the Newcomen EngineSpinning Jenny -
Invented solution
to slow spinning wheelWater Frame
was invented
Water used to
power machineryRolling & Puddle
process invented, changed ironSteam POwered
Train was developed
allowed increase
in trade between
places previously
deemed too farMichael Faraday -
demonstrates the
principal of an
electric motorIsambard Kingdom Brunel
starts building a tubbel
under the Thames River;
work is completed
in 1842The world's first screw-
propelled steamship,
SS Archimedes, is built
in Great BritainBulk steel creation is made possible
through the open-hearth process
created by Siemens-Martin; the use
of steel combined with reinforced
concrete enables the construction
of skyscrapers
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