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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

Sources

Wikipedia: Industrial Revolution, Blowing engine, Milling (machine), Newcomen atmospheric engine, Planer (metalworking), Shaper