Able to be operated by unskilled workers, it was a key development in the industrialization of weaving, as it could spin many spindles at a time
July 12, 1770
a hand-powered multiple spinning machine that was the first machine to improve upon the Spinning Wheel. This invention greatly improved the speed and and quality of cloth in the 17 hundreds.
Watt(steam boat)
it required less fuel to run and was thus much more efficient and attractive to potential buyers. It was introduced commercially in 1776 and became the basis for future developments that saw the steam engine become the main source of power for a large variety of British industries.
One year later on 17 August 1807,
Eli whitney (cotton gin, interchangeable parts)
a machine used to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. In 1798, Whitney's armory pioneered the use of interchangeable parts, which are nearly identical parts that can be easily mass produced and replaced.
his invention of the cotton gin, patented in 1794.
Bessemer(steel process)
as the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron.
1856 - doesnt say the month or day
Jenner (smallpox vaccine)
as a preventive treatment for smallpox, a disease that had killed millions of people over the centuries.On July 1, Jenner inoculated the boy again, this time with smallpox matter, and no disease developed.
May 14, 1796
Pasteur(bacteria vaccination)
discovered how to make vaccines from weakened, or attenuated, microbes. He developed the earliest vaccines against fowl cholera, anthrax, and rabies
July 6, 1885
Telegraph communications
long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.
May 24, 1844
The typewriter
is a mechanical device to produce printed characters on a piece of paper by typing individual keys
23rd June 1868
increased the speed at which messages could be written. A person could type words much faster than by writing them.
Ophelia
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed between 1851 and 1852. It depicts Ophelia, a character from Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. [more]
The Music Lesson
The Music Lesson or Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman by Jan Vermeer, is a painting of young female pupil receiving the titular music lesson. [more]
