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Michael Preston-Ward
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James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny
Enclosures of farming land accelerate in Britain
James Watt invents a steam engine to drive machinery
Edmund Cartwright invents the power loom
First Fleet arrives at Botonay Bay
George Stephenson develops the Rocket, a working locomotive
Brunel's steamship Great Western crosses the Atlantic
Wright Brother invent modern flight
Bessemer process enables mass production of steel
Thomas Edison invents the first reliable electric light bulb
Alexander Graham Bell invents the telephone
Eiffel tower completed in France
Gas street lighting common in britain
US warships visit Japan
Over land Telegraph connects Australia and Asia