TIMELINE Industrial Revolution

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1710

1785

1770

1807

Steam engine

Steamboat with wheels

Steam-powered loom

Steam-powered vehicle

1802

1814

1783

1769

High-pressure steam engine

Steam train

Steamboat

Watt's steam machine

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1858

1877

1825

1876

The steam plough

Edison's phonograph

The Stockton-Darlinton railway

Meucci's telephone

1874

1876

1830

1879

Remington's typewriter

Otto's four-stroke engine

Regular passenger line, Liverpool-Manchester

Edison's light bulb

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1885

1886

1903

1895

1885

Electric tram

Kodak camera

The Wright brother's aeroplane

Benz's automobile

Marconi's radio

Meucci's telepgone

Meucci's purpose was simple: to connect his office with his bedroom so he could talk to his sick wife, immobile in bed due to a serious illness. It didn't use electricity, but rather a magnetized iron that worked as a conductor of sound and allowed Meucci to converse with his wife. This telephone became famous very quickly because the voice of a singer was broadcast in a public demonstration.

Steam engine by Newcomen

His engine utilised a piston working within an open topped cylinder. The piston is connected by chains to a rocking beam. At the other end, the beam is connected to the pumps in the mine by a rod.

The great merit of this invention was the ability to extract water from a mine at depths of more than 50 meters, something unthinkable until then. This invention solved the problem of pumping water from the deep mines.

Electric tram

The Electric tram was invented by Werner von Siemens. Berlin debuted the first electric tram in 1879. Electrical energy reaches the tram through the cables above, from the catenary (a curve that describes a cable fixed at its ends, subjected to its own weight). In addition to transporting people, they carried goods in order to facilitate the construction of the city.

Steam-powered vehicle by Cugnot

The front wheel supported a steam boiler and driving mechanism. The power unit was articulated to the "trailer", and was steered from there by means of a double handle arrangement. It was powered by a steam engine, which drove the rear wheels through a connecting rod and crank mechanism. At the beggining the steam-powered vehicle was for transporting heavy cannons.

Steam engine by James Watt

In Watt's engine, condensation activity is moved to a separate and perpetually cooled chamber. The steam, as it cools and condenses back into water, then drastically reduces its volume and creates a partial vacuum. The vacuum creates suction power, which can be used to suck up water.

Remington's typewriter

The typewriter is a mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device, with a set of keys that, when pressed, print characters on a document, usually paper. The machine was operated by turning the wheel until the appropriate letter was centered over the printing position on the roller and then the key was pressed.

Edison's phonograph

The phonograph was the first invention capable of recording and reproducing sound through cardboard cylinders and then wax. The phonograph uses an analog mechanical recording system, in which sound waves are transformed into mechanical vibrations using an acoustic-mechanical transducer. These vibrations move a stylet that carves a helical groove on a phonograph cylinder.

The steam plough by Flower

The usual way to drain agricultural land was to use a plow to dig an underground drainage canal. This plow had a vertical blade with a cylindrical "mole" attached to the bottom. It consisted of two locomotives that were located on both sides of the plot to be plowed; The plow (usually a scale) moved between them, in its round trips, pulled alternately by each locomotive using a steel cable.

The Stockton-Darlintong railway

The first railway line open to public use for the transport of passengers and goods with mechanical traction was put into service in England between Stockton and Darlington. This amazing railway was invented by George Stephenson. The railway was hauled by a steam locomotive.

Steamboat by d'Abbans

The ship sailed on the Doubs River in June and July of that year. It was a model of a steamship, with the purpose of convincing Perier for its invention. The engine moved the fins equipped with rotating blades.

Steam-powered looms by Edmund Cartwright

The first version of the loom required the intervention of two men to move the shuttle as well as to raise and lower the warp threads. Cartwright patented a carding machine for cleaning and combing wool before spinning it. The operation was based on a series of cards (one for each pass of weft) punched and arranged according to the design pattern.

Steamboat with wheels by Fulton

The main function of the steamboat was the increase in efficiency thanks to the power of the steam engine to not only carry more goods and passengers, but to transport them at a higher speed. The ship was propelled by a paddle wheel through steam machinery.

Regular passenger line, Liverpool-Manchester

The railway was built primarily to provide faster transport of raw materials, finished goods and passengers between the Port of Liverpool on the one hand; and the cotton looms, and the factories of Manchester and the surrounding towns on the other. This was an idea of different people: Stephenson who invented the Steam train and from Sanders y Kennedy,

Otto's four-stroke engine

Nikolaus Otto invented this engine. This became famous throughout the world as a machine for driving vehicles, trains, ships and airplanes. This engine served as the basis for the invention of the diesel engine. The four-stroke combustion engine converts the chemical energy of the fuel into heat energy for the operation of the engine, transforming the mixture of gasoline and air into movement.

Steam train by Stephenson

George Stephenson built a steam locomotive, which transported loads in the Darling-Stockong coal mines and was at the time the only serciceable and reliable. The first locomotives used pumps driven by the movements of pistons. By burning wood or coal in a boiler, the water was heated and the steam resulting from its boiling generated pressure and made the pistons move.

Edison's light bulb

It serves to illuminate, and consists of a glass globe in which a vacuum has been created and inside which a wire of platinum, carbon, tungsten and more is placed, which becomes incandescent with the passage of an electric current. It is based on the heating of a metal, tungsten, through an electric current. This current, which passes through that thin filament, causes the metal to glow and radiate light.

High-pressure steam engine by Trevithick

In the compound engine, high-pressure steam from the boiler expands into a high-pressure cylinder and then enters a low-pressure cylinder. The complete expansion of the steam is caused, passing through multiple cylinders, with a minor expansion occurring in each cylinder. It was used to pump mine shafts and free them from flood waters.

Benz's automobile

Benz had detailed that the use of the engine was for “the operation of mainly light cars for the transportation of one to four passengers.” Full elliptical springs were used at the rear, along with a rigid axle and chain drive on both sides. The transmission was carried out with a simple single-speed belt system, varying the motor torque between an open disc and a drive disc.

Kodak camera

George Eastman patented the first Kodak camera. It is the first camera to use film on camera tape. The Kodak was a box camera shaped like a parallelepiped. It was designed in such a way that on its upper part it had a rotating key, on one side the button to activate the shutter and on the front part, the camera lens.

Marconi's radio

Guillermo Marconi obtained the first results in wireless communication. It was used to streamline communication between ships during navigation, and also between ships and shore authorities, especially when it was necessary to provide rescue services on the high seas. They were based on vacuum tubes for obtain wireless communication.

The Wright brothers' aeroplane

The roll technique consisted of ropes tied to the tips of the wings, which the pilot could pull or release, allowing the plane to rotate about the longitudinal and vertical axes, allowing the pilot to have control of the plane. The Flyer was equipped with longitudinal and vertical maneuverability. The Wright Brothers achieved what seemed impossible: making the first controlled and sustained flight of a machine that was heavier than air.