Industrial revolution timeline by Peter Millet https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov en-us 2023-12-07 17:15:56 UTC 2023-12-07 17:38:12 UTC hello@padlet.com Invention of the steam engine - 1712 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817744284 used to pump water out of mines, ran on coal, evolved into trains and ships

]]> 2023-12-07 17:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817744284 First (american) textile mill - 1790 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817746077

First textile mill built on the banks of a river in rhode island, made clothes cheaper and easier.

]]> 2023-12-07 17:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817746077 First edison light bulb - 1879 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817747247 light made through electricity, scaled to cities later, stems into computing, lighting & information technology

]]> 2023-12-07 17:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817747247 Cotton gin - 1793 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817748555 Used to expedite processing of cotton, maybe sort of started the civil war, also drew down the cost of clothes

]]> 2023-12-07 17:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817748555 1st internal combustion engine - 1860 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817750174 known as the otto engine, develops into cars and airplanes and drives down cost of transportation and travel

]]> 2023-12-07 17:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817750174 first transatlantic telegraph - 1858 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817750973 fast fast fast communication the world over

]]> 2023-12-07 17:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817750973 bessemer process invented - 1856 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817753514 Used to mass produce steel for industry - better than iron, and about as cheap too - used in everything from machines to walls

]]> 2023-12-07 17:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817753514 First human flight - 1899 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817755771 (survived) wright brothers, kitty hawk. stems into commercial flight, cargo transport, and even to space later.

]]> 2023-12-07 17:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817755771 1st power plant - 1882 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817757415 edison power, scales into lighting up the world

]]> 2023-12-07 17:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817757415 1st petrochemical plant - 1921 s185267 https://padlet.com/s185267/h48d6uwi7afaxtov/wish/2817759356 Processed petrochemicals in west virginia - stems into plastics, gasoline, diesel fuel and sends the world on a spin around it.

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