1696
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Steam Engines: Savery invented a steam-driven water pump |
1701 |
Agriculture: Tull developed the seed drill |
1705 |
Steam Engines: Newcomen made a successful steam engine |
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1700
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Iron and Steel: Darby used coke to make pig iron |
1709 |
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1712 |
Steam Engines: Newcomen made an atmospheric steam engine |
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1710
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1720 |
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1730 |
Agriculture: Townsend introduced Four Year Crop Rotation |
1733 |
Textiles: Kay invented the Flying Shuttle |
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1730
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Road Transport: Turnpike roads are constructed |
1730's |
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1740
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Iron and Steel: Huntsman 'rediscovered' steel |
1740 |
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1755 |
Agriculture: Bakewell experimented with selective breeding |
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1750
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Iron and Steel: First iron rolling mill is opened |
1754 |
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1764 |
Textiles: Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny |
1764 |
Steam Engines: Watt invented the internal condenser |
1766 |
Agriculture: Cavendish produced nitrates from nitrogen gas |
1769 |
Steam Engines: Watt improved on Newcomen's steam engine |
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1760
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Iron and Steel: Darby laid an iron plateway |
1760's |
Iron and Steel: Boulton opened an ironworks in Birmingham |
1762 |
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Road Transport: Cugnot invented a steam propelled vehicle |
1769 |
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1771 |
Textiles: Arkwright opened a mill at Cromford |
1772 |
Agriculture: Coke began his breeding experiments |
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Textiles: Crompton developed the Spinning Mule |
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1770
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Iron and Steel: Wilkinson bored cylinders for Watt's engine |
1775 |
Iron and Steel: Abraham Darby III built the first iron bridge |
1779 |
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1781 |
Steam Engines: Watt developed the compound steam engine |
1782 |
Agriculture: Tull's seed drill is improved by adding gears |
1783 |
Textiles: Arkwright's Masson Mill opened |
1784 |
Agriculture: Small developed an iron plough |
1785 |
Textiles: Cartwright's steam power loom in use |
1786 |
Steam Engines: Boulton used steam to power his coin factory |
1786 |
Agriculture: Meikle developed a threshing machine |
1788 |
Steam Engines: Boulton used a rotary steam engine in his factory |
1789 |
Railways: Jessop used flanged waggon wheels |
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1780
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Steamships: d'Abbans steamship Pyroscaphe launched |
1783 |
Iron and Steel: Cort invented the "puddling process" |
1783 |
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Road Transport: Murdock developed a road steam vehicle |
1786 |
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1790 |
Steam Engines: Arkwright's steam-powered factory opens |
1792 |
Textiles: Whitney invented the cotton gin |
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1790
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1804 |
Textiles: Jaquard used a punch card for weaving |
1805 |
Railways: Wandsworth-Croydon public railway opened |
1806 |
Railways: Oystermouth passenger railway opened |
1808 |
Railways: Trevithick's "Catch -Me-Who-Can" locomotive is built |
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1800
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Road Transport: Trevithick's passenger steam vehicle |
1801 |
Steamships: Symington's Charlotte Dundas steamship |
1802 |
Steamships: Fulton's steam-driven boat used on the Seine |
1803 |
Steamships: Steven's used a twin-screw propeller steamboat |
1804 |
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Steamships: Fulton's steam paddleship, the Clermont |
1807 |
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1812 |
Railways: Blenkinsop's railway locomotive operated |
1813 |
Textiles: Horrocks invented the speed batton |
1813 |
Railways: Hedley's "Puffing Billy" used on a non-toothed track |
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1810
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Road Transport: Macadam developed a new type of road construction |
1810 |
Road Transport: First horse-drawn bus system operated |
1812 |
Steamships: The steamship Comet operated on the Clyde |
1812 |
Road Transport: Telford's London to Holyhead road constructed |
1815 |
Steamships: The steamship Savannah crossed the Atlantic |
1819 |
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1820 |
Railways: Wrought iron rails used to make railways |
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1825 |
Railways: Stockton to Darlington railway line opened |
1827 |
Railways: First railway tunnel built under Liverpool |
1829 |
Railways: Stephenson's "Rocket" won the Rainhill trials |
1829 |
Railways: Sequin built the first French steam locomotive |
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1820
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Steamships: The steamship James Watt was launched |
1820 |
Steamships: The first iron steamship, Aaroon Manby launched |
1822 |
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Road Transport: Dr. Gurney's steam coach operated |
1827 |
Iron and Steel: Neilson improved blast furnace construction |
1828 |
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1832 |
Railways: First steam locomotive railway in France is built |
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Railways: Locke designed bulkhead rail |
1839 |
Steam Engines: Nasmyth invented the steam hammer |
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1830
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Steamships: Ericsson and Smith development the screw propeller |
1836 |
Steamships: Brunel's steamship Great Western launched |
1837 |
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1846 |
Railways: Standard gauge adopted for British railways |
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1840
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Steamships: Cunard shipping line opened |
1840 |
Steamships: Brunel's steamship Great Britain launched |
1843 |
Steamships: Brunel's steamship Great Britain crossed the Atlantic |
1845 |
Steamships: Cunard provide a regular cross-Atlantic service |
1847 |
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1850
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Steamships: Elder invented the double steam engine |
1854 |
Iron and Steel: Bessemer developed the basic oxygen converter |
1856 |
Steamships: Brunel's Great Eastern launched |
1858 |
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1863 |
Railways: First underground railway |
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1860 |
Road Transport: Lenoir's gas engine used in road vehicles |
1860 |
Road Transport: Véloe's péde bicycle introduced |
1861 |
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1879 |
Railways: Von Seimen's electric train operated in Berlin |
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1870
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Road Transport: Penny farthing bicycles introduced |
1870 |
Road Transport: Otto's four stroke engine developed |
1876 |
Iron and Steel: Gilchrist and Thomas adapted Bessemer's process |
1879 |
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1881 |
Railways: First electric passenger train used in Germany |
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1880 |
Steamships: Elder developed the triple expansion engine |
1881 |
Road Transport: Benz's petrol-driven motorwagen developed |
1885 |
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1890 |
Railways: First underground electric train operates |
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1890
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Road Transport: Rubber tyres used on bicycles |
1890 |
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Steamships: Elder developed the quadruple expansion engine |
1894 |
Road Transport: Michelin Brothers used air-filled tyres on cars |
1895 |
Road Transport: Motorised omnibuses used in Britain |
1898 |
Road Transport: Gear boxes used in Benz's cars |
1899 |
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Road Transport: Model T Ford started production |
1908 |
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1912 |
Railways: First diesel trains operate in Sweden |
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1910 |
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