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The Seed Drill
Jethro Tull: c. 1701
The Coming of the Railroads:The Steam Engine
• Thomas Newcomen • The steam engine• Water Pump
(1709)
Flying Shuttle
John Kay: 1733
The Spinning Jenny
Hargreaves’s machine
James Hargreaves: 1764
The Water Frame
Powering the spinning jenny:• Horses• The water wheel
(1769)
Richard Arkwright
Selective Breeding
• Select animals with the best characteristics
• Produce bigger breeds
Robert Bakewell and others: The Longhorn in 1769
James Watt’s Steam Engine
• Condenser• Increased
efficiency(1775)
Innovations:The Threshing Machine
Andrew Meikle: c. 1796
Trevithick’s Engine
In 1801, Richard Trevithick first attached a steam engine to a wagon. Trevithick’s engine was not successful for moving
people, but he had planted the idea of human train transport.
Steam-Powered Water Transport
In 1807, Robert Fulton attached a steam engine to a ship called the “Clermont.” The steam engine propelled the ship by
making its paddle wheel turn.
Stephenson’s Rocket
George
Stephenson:
c. 1829
The Telegraph
Samuel F.B. Morse1844
Steel
Henry Bessemer
The Bessemer converter 1858
The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace
The Great Exhibition of 1851 in London was mounted to symbolize Great Britain’s economic,
industrial, and military superiority.
Growth of Railroads