https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p en-us 2023-05-16 18:22:06 UTC 2025-12-11 11:01:00 UTC hello@padlet.com adriangarcia90 https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593531921 Coal was the main power source of the Industrial Revolution, leading to the development of steam engines and railroads.]]> 2023-05-16 18:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593531921 adriangarcia90 https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593536529 Iron has been used to make weapons and tools since 3000 BCE, and was purified and combined with other metals in the 1850s to make steel, a stronger substance.]]> 2023-05-16 18:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593536529 adriangarcia90 https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593539621 The high speed of trains both terrified and excited early travelers, leading to the invention of the first horse-drawn reaper and Morse's first electronic message. Richard Trevithick's invention of steam powered railway cars in 1804, leading to the first public railroad in England and the Civil War in the U.S.]]> 2023-05-16 18:32:22 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593539621 adriangarcia90 https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593543288 Thomas Savery and Thomas Newcomen invented the first steam pump, but their engines burned large amounts of coal and produced little energy.]]> 2023-05-16 18:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593543288 adriangarcia90 https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593547667 Patrick Bell and Cyrus McCormick invented the reaper in 1828, allowing farmers to harvest more crops, make more money, and feed more people, opening the vast prairies of the American Midwest.]]> 2023-05-16 18:38:52 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593547667 adriangarcia90 https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593550575 Samuel F. B. Morse sent one of the world's first electronic messages in 1844, using Morsecode, the telegraph's language. By 1861, all major U.S. cities could communicate instantly, making it the fastest way to send a message.]]> 2023-05-16 18:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/adriangarcia90/f7dorkwmx37fn39p/wish/2593550575