Industrial Revolution Timelines

  • Eli Whitney made the cotton gin

    Eli Whitney made the cotton gin
    Eli Whitney made the cotton gin in 1793.
  • Eli Terry made the clock

    Eli Terry made the clock
    Eli Terry made the first household clock in 1814.
  • Cyrus Hall McCormick made the Mechanical Reaper

    Cyrus Hall McCormick made the Mechanical Reaper
    Cyrus Hall McCormick made the Mechanical Reaper in 1834.
  • Samuel F. B. Morse made the telegraph

    Samuel F. B. Morse made the telegraph
    Samuel F. B. Morse made the telegraph in 1844.
  • Richard M. Hoe made the printing press

    Richard M. Hoe made the printing press
    Richard M. Hoe made the printing press in 1846.
  • Milton Bradley made the game board

    Milton Bradley made the game board
    Milton Bradley made the game board in 1860.
  • Alfred Nobel made Dynamite

    Alfred Nobel made Dynamite
    Alfred Nobel made Dynamite in 1867
  • Granville Woods made the Railway Telegraphy

    Granville Woods made the Railway Telegraphy
    Granville Woods made the Railway Telegraphy in 1872.
  • Alexander Graham Bell made the telephone/telegraphy

    Alexander Graham Bell made the telephone/telegraphy
    Alexander Graham Bell made the telephone/telegraphy in 1876.
  • Edward Goodrich Acheson made Carborundum

    Edward Goodrich Acheson made Carborundum
    Edward Goodrich Acheson made Carborundum in 1884.
  • William Seward Burroughs made the calculator

    William Seward Burroughs made the calculator
    William Seward Burroughs made the calculator in 1885.
  • Emile Berliner made the gramophone/microphone

    Emile Berliner made the gramophone/microphone
    Emile Berliner made the gramophone/microphone in 1887.