Saturday, February 11, 2023

Basic timeline of the Industrial Revolution

This post is a basic timeline of the Industrial Revolution. There are 29 inventions listed below chronologically.

  • 1678: coal reverberatory furnace
  • 1701: improved seed drill
  • 1712: atmospheric engine
  • 1721: water-powered silk mill
  • 1730: Rotherham plough
  • 1733: flying shuttle
  • 1740s: Huntsman crucible steel process
  • 1742: blowing engine
  • 1746: lead chamber process
  • 1750s: planing machine
  • 1764: spinning jenny
  • 1769: spinning frame
  • 1774: precision boring machine
  • 1778: Watt steam engine
  • 1779: spinning mule
  • 1782: rotary steam engine
  • 1783: milling machine
  • 1783: rolling process
  • 1784: puddling process
  • 1784: threshing machine
  • 1785: vertical power loom
  • 1791: Leblanc process
  • 1791: shaping machine
  • 1798: paper machine
  • 1810s: Cornish engine
  • 1812: gas lighting utilities
  • 1824: Portland cement
  • 1828: hot blast
  • 1832: sheet glass

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