Industrial Revolution
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Updated: 8 Mar 2018
Key dates in the industrial revolution
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Created byJude Keeley
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William Lee invents the stocking frameJames Watt creates an efficient Steam EngineAbraham Darby discovers how to make coke from coalThomas Newcomen builds a steam engine to pump water from coalminesJohn Kay invents the flying shuttleJames Hargreaves’ spinning jenny allows one worker to make eight times the previous amount of yarnEli Whitney invents the cotton ginSteam-powered mills with automatic weaving machines begin to be builtInventor William Murdoch uses coal gas for house lightingRiots begin, lasting until 1815, in which workers smash up factories and equipment in protest.Michael Faraday demonstrates the principle of an electric motorIsambard Brunel starts building a tunnel under the Thames RiverFirst transatlantic telegraph cable laidAlexander Graham Bell patents his ‘acoustic telegraph’The Wright brothers carry out the first powered heavier-than-air flightHenry Ford uses a production line to produce the Ford Model TThe Titanic hits an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and sinks
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