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Industrial Revolution

This article explores the Industrial Revolution and its influence on various industries such as the textile industry, transportation systems, engines, and the advent of electricity. It highlights key inventors and innovations that revolutionized the way goods were produced, transported, and powered, leading to significant advancements in society.

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Industrial Revolution

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  1. Industrial Revolution

  2. The Industrial Revolution started with the textile industry. • IR quickly spread into other industries. • New industries were rapidly created.

  3. Transportation. • As goods were being produced faster, need to get goods to market faster. • Also, a need to get resources to factories quickly. • New transportation began on the rivers with Steamboats. • First steamboat created by Robert Fulton. • Built in 1808, called the Claremont. • Steamboats led to oceangoing steamships.

  4. Robert Fulton

  5. The Claremont

  6. Steam power was quickly adopted for overland travel. • First train built by George Stephenson in 1814. • Top speed – 30 mph. • Trains quickly improved to carry cargo and passengers.

  7. George Stephenson

  8. Later came the Internal Combustion Engine. • Led to automobiles and airplanes. • First engine builders: • Germany – Gottlieb Daimler, Karl Benz. • France – Etienne Lenoir. • USA – Frank Duryea.

  9. Gottlieb Daimler

  10. Karl Benz

  11. Etienne Lenoir

  12. Frank Duryea Duryea’s race car

  13. Early Internal Combustion Engine Early Auto

  14. World’s Largest Internal Combustion Engine

  15. Stanley Steamer – Steam-powered automobile

  16. Duesenberg – Considered the nicest car of 1920’s & 1930’s.

  17. 1975 Ford 1957 Chevrolet

  18. Orville and Wilbur Wright created the first heavier-than-air aircraft. • Powered by an internal combustion engine. • Flew at Kitty Hawk, South Carolina.

  19. Orville and Wilbur Wright

  20. Electricity and Communication • Electricity completely changed the IR. • Michael Faraday learned how to create electricity. • Built the first dynamo, or generator. • Thomas Edison built the first storage battery and lightbulb. • Edison’s Alternating Current (AC) electrical system was used to electrify America.

  21. Michael Faraday

  22. Faraday’s dynamo

  23. Thomas Edison

  24. Edison’s lightbulb

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