Practice question · Put in order
Order the key inventions and events of the Industrial Revolution.
- Watt's separate condenser (1769)
- Power loom widely adopted (1800s)
- Spinning jenny (1764)
- Newcomen's atmospheric engine (1712)
- Railways connect major cities (1830s)
Hints
- Pumping came before spinning, which came before powered weaving.
- Each solved bottleneck created demand for the next machine.
Show the answer
- Newcomen's atmospheric engine (1712)
- Spinning jenny (1764)
- Watt's separate condenser (1769)
- Power loom widely adopted (1800s)
- Railways connect major cities (1830s)
Why
Pumping engines, textile machines, improved steam, powered weaving, railways, each invention created demand for the next.
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