The Industrial Revolution

The Industrial revolution

1760-1840

First Phase of the Industrial Revolution (1760-1830)

1764

1779

1760

1765

1784

Invention of the Spinning Jenny(Museum of Early Industrialisation, Wuppertal, Germany).

Invention of the Spinning Mule

Improvement of the Steam Engine by James Watt

Development of Henry Cort's Iron Puddling Process

Beginning of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial revolution

1760-1840

First Phase of the Industrial Revolution (1760-1830)

1793

1800

1829

1785

1830

Invention of the Cotton Gin

Opening of the Stockton-Darlington Railway

Spread of Factories

Introduction of the Water Frame

Opening of the Liverpool-Manchester Railway

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The Industrial Revolution

1760-1840

Second Phase of the Industrial Revolution (1830-1840)

1834

1839

1831

1837

1840

Abolition of the Poor Laws

Opening of the London-Birmingham Railway

Discovery of Electromagnetic Induction

Invention of the Electric Telegraph

Dominance of the Factory System

1785

Richard Arkwright invents the Water Frame, which uses water power to increase the efficiency of textile production.