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Headword Date Article Type
Hargreaves’ “Spinning Jenny” 1764 Topics Short note
Watt patents his steam engine 1769 Topics Short note
Arkwright's water frame 1769 Topics
Crompton’s spinning mule 1779 Topics Short note
First installation of James Watt's stationary rotary steam engine in a cotton mill 1783 Topics Short note
Cartwright's power loom 1785 Topics Short note
First steam-rolling mill 1790 Topics
Gas Lighting 1792 Topics
First application of Boulton-Watt rotary steam engine to spinning mule 1798 Topics Short note
Double-acting high-pressure steam engine invented by Richard Trevithick 1804 Topics Short note
Manchester cotton mill installs gaslight 1806 Topics
Stephenson's Rocket 1814 Topics Short note
The Times newspaper installs steam press 1814 Topics Short note
First steamship crosses Atlantic - the Savannah 1819 - 1819 Topics
First iron steamship launched 1820 Topics
Electricity-powered motor built by Michael Faraday 1821 Topics
First transatlantic crossing by steamship 1838 Topics Short note
I K Brunel's steamship is launched 1838 Topics Short note
Jet engine patented 1930 Topics Short note

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