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Allowed the shuttle, containing the thread, to be shot backwards and forwards across a much wider bed. The flying shuttle also allowed the thread to be woven at a faster rate,invented by John Kay.
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Spinners produced thread faster than weavers could use, invented by James Hargreaves
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Used to burn away impurity and crud iron, and produce a iron of high quality, invented by Henry Cort
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It was possible for the weaving of cloth to catch up with the weaving of thread, invented by Edmund Cartwright
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The process uses a small screen and pulling hooks to force the cotton through the screen, it was invented by Eli Whitney
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A manufacturing method based on interchangeable parts: the idea being that if all individual pieces of a machine are produced, built by Eli Whitney.
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Could pull 10 tons of ore and 70 people at 5 mph, Build by Richard Trevithick
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Made transportation easier on the water ways, built by Robert Fulton
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The first successful flange wheel locomotive, Built by George Stephenson.
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Improved conditions for children working in the factories
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An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from workstation to workstation where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced, developed by Samuel Colt.
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Transmittes electric signals over wires from location to location and then translated into a message, Invented by Samuel F. B. Morse
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Was used for farming to break up tough soil without soil getting stuck to it, invented by John Deere
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Made to be melt proof and reliable, developed by Charles Goodyear
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The first sewing needles were made of bones or animal horns and the first thread was made of animal sinew, invented by Elias Howe
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A system of air blowing the carbon out of pig iron, invented by Henry Bessemer
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A devices that could transmit speech electrically, Invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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An electric motor built off of the diesel motor, built by Nikola Tesla
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A single 10-foot iron cylinder with a flywheel at its base, ran on its own power for the first time, Made by Rudolf Diesel
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Set national minimum wage and maximum hour standards for workers in interstate commerce, also placed limitations on child labor.
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