Updated March 3, 2016
EasyBib – use this online resource to create your bibliography
Gale Virtual Books
Science in Context
WebPath Express
World Book Advanced
World History in Context
Anesthesia
Historical development of modern anesthesia – an abstract
Cast Iron
Abraham Darby, ironmaking pioneer – BBC
The Industrial Revolution and the Development of Steel – Open University
Clock
The Industrial Revolution and Time – Open University
What Makes Time Tick, or Has The Industrial Revolution Really Made Clocks Go Faster – Smithsonian Institution
Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin – Eli Whitney Museum
First Roads
Building Roads – U.S. Department of Transportation
Food Canning
Transformations in the Production and Distribution of Food
Phonograph
History of the Cylinder Phonograph – Library of Congress
Thomas Edison and the First Phonograph – America’s Library
Power Loom
Edmund Cartwright – BBC
Edmund Cartwright and the Invention of the Power Loom
Revolver
Samuel Colt
Printing Press
Industrial printing revolution
Sewing Machine
Sewing Revolution – The Mill Museum
History of the Sewing Machine – Museum of American Heritage
Spinning Jenny
The Spinning Jenny – The Robinson Library
Spinning Jenny
Steam Engine
Brief History of the Steam Engine
Newcomen’s steam revolution – BBC
Watts’ Industrial Steam Engine – Deutsches Museum
Trains
It’s All About Steam – good resources
George Stephenson – BBC Primary History
Transportation History: The Steam Locomotive – also has links to related sites
Vulcanization of Rubber
Charles Goodyear: Vulcanized Rubber – PBS
Zipper
Zipper – Enchanted Learning
Gideon Sundback celebrated with a Google Doodle
The Industrial Revolution – British Library
The Industrial Revolution: Inventions and innovations – BBC Bitesize
The Industrial Revolution – has information on agriculture, textiles, iron, coal mining, transportation, steam, etc.
- info on steam engine, cotton gin, loom, telegraph, railroad, steamboat
- overview of various topics (agricultural, textiles, transportation, steam)
- overview info on causes, steam engine, transportation, railroad
Industrial Revolution: the first phase
- info on textile, steam engine, canals
Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- railroads, steam ships, agricultural revolutions, textiles
- general info and overview info on specific topics
Agricultural Inventions