1, the textile machine
In 1765, weaver Hargreaves invented the "Jenny Loom" appeared first in the cotton textile industry triggered the invention of the machine, the chain reaction of technological innovation, opened the prelude to the Industrial Revolution.
From then on, in the cotton textile industry appeared screw machine, water loom and other advanced machines. Soon, in the coal mining, metallurgy and many other industrial sectors, also one after another machine production. With more and more machine production, the original power such as, storage, water and wind power has been unable to meet the needs.
2, the steam engine
In 1785, Watt made the improved steam engine into use, providing a more convenient power, was rapidly promoted, greatly promoting the popularity of the machine and development. Human society thus entered the "Age of Steam".
3, generator
In 1866, Germany's Siemens invented the self-excited direct-current generator; in 1870, Belgium's Gramm made a ring-shaped armature, invented a ring-shaped armature generator. This kind of generator is to use water power to turn the generator rotor, after repeated improvements, in 1875 to get 3.2KW output power;
So electrical appliances began to be used in place of the machine, as a new energy source to supplement and replace the steam engine as the power.
4, the internal combustion engine
1870s and 80s, to gas and gasoline as fuel for the birth of the internal combustion engine, 90s diesel engine creation success. The invention of the internal combustion engine solved the problem of transportation engines.
In the 1980s, Germans such as Karl Fritsch Benz successfully manufactured cars driven by internal combustion engines, and internal combustion cars, ocean liners, and airplanes also developed rapidly. The invention of the internal combustion engine boosted the development of the oil extraction industry and the production of petrochemical industry.
5. Telephone
In the 1870s, the American Bell invented the telephone, and in the 1990s the Italian Marconi's experiment with wireless telegraphy was a success, all of which provided a convenient way to transmit information quickly. Economic, political and cultural ties between countries around the world were further strengthened.
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