www.answers.com/topic/industrial-revolution

www.answers.com/topic/industrial-revolution states that the cotton Gin machine was invented by an american inventor and engineer named Eli Whitney. He invented it in 1794 to make it easier in the industrial factories. It was made to remove seeds off cotton with a machine instead of removing them manually, making it less labor but more efficent.


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www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Bell_(engineer) explains how Henry Bell invented the first successful passenger steam-powered boat in 1812. It was built in Europe whicn it sailed Greenock and Scotland along a river called Clyde. The boat name was Comet and it was the beginning of a revolution in navigation. It held about 25 tons and ran off a engine with three horse power. This boat went seven miles per hour.


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http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0133.html

Researchers of http://ohioline.osu.edu/cd-fact/0133.html defines Peter Durand as a Englishman who invented the metal canister (1810)in order to preserve food. It was used to store and make food last longer. It was invented for armies to use during wars and stays in the winter so that they prevent killing and warefare. To open the metal can a person would have to use a hammer or a chistle.



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www.welshminerslamps.com/info_lamp_history.shtml states that In 1815 a guy by the name of Davy Humphry invents a Miner Safety Lamp for the usee of coal mines. He discovered a way that this lamp with many flammable gases can be around while in the coal mine. He placed a metal gauze around the flame in order to separate the heat from the flame to make the ignition temperature of methane be lower.

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