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1767
james hargreaves builds spinning jenny
1782
james watt and steam engine
1804
richard trevithick builds the first steam train to run on a track
1811
luddites smash machines
1825
passenger trains start running in britain
1829
george stephenson builds the rocket
1851
the great exhibition
1733
John Kay made the flying shuttle.
richard arkwright
water frame
water power from streams to drive spinning wheel.
combine shuttle and jenny
samuel crompton
spinning mule, features of jenny and frame and
this produced thread that was stronger, finer, and more consistent.
Cartwright
power loom sped up weaving, because it was powered by water,
water frame, spinning mule, power loom
factory
spinning mule and water frame and power loom were too bulky and expensice to work in house. so formed factories which needed water power.
1793
eli whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793
macadam
in early 1800s , john macadam built roads for drainage.