1733 - Flying Shuttle - Weaving speeds up
1764 - Spinning Jenny (J. Hargeaves) - spinners catch up with weavers ![Spinning Jenny](http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/f/T/spining_jenny_2.jpg)
1769 - Water Frame (R. Arkwright) - uses water to power spinning wheels ![](http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/g/T/water_frame_2.jpg)
1779 - Spinning Mule (S. Crompton) - made better thread than Jenny and Frame ![](http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/h/T/spinning_mule.jpg)
1781 - Watt Steam Engine (J. Watt) - finally made steam power safe for use in machines
1785 - Power Loom (E. Cartwright) - adds steam power to weaving ![](http://www.cleo.net.uk/followtheyarn/timeline/images/manup_loom_tn.jpg)
1793 - Cotton Gin (E. Whitney) - cotton picked faster ![](http://www.juliantrubin.com/bigten/bigtenimages/cottongin.jpg)
1800 - First Battery (A. Volta)
1803 - Interchangeable Parts (E. Whitney) - beginnings of mass production ![](http://www.ryerson.ca/~dgrimsha/courses/cps841/images/F_M_3z.jpg)
1804 - Steamship (R. Fulton) - steam engine added to ship ![](http://z.about.com/d/inventors/1/0/v/I/steamship.jpg)
1829 - Locomotive (G. Stephenson) - steam engine that ran on iron rails
1831 - First Electric Generator (M. Faraday) ![](http://www.rigb.org/rimain/images/faradaymuseum/magnetic_spark.jpg)
1839 - First Photograph (L. Dauguerre) ![](http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/D/DaguerrL/firstMan.jpg)
1865 - Steel (H. Bessmer) - produce strong steel for many uses
1869 - Transcontinental Railway completed in USA ![](http://www.sfmuseum.net/photos6/cprr.gif)
1876 - Telephone (A.G. Bell) ![](http://www.officemuseum.com/1876_BELL_LIQUID_TRANSMITTER_TELEPHONE_REPLICA.jpg)
1886 - Automobile (G. Daimler) - invents gas-powered engine, which is put into cars
1886 - Lightbulb Patented (T. Edison) ![](http://bulbs.2yr.net/images/bulbdb/1886-edison.jpg)
1880s - Alternating Current (N. Tesla) - electricity moves into homes ![](http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/sfeature/images/acdc_all_off.gif)
1904 - Airplane (Wright Bros.)
1913 - Assembly Line (H. Ford)
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