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James Watts
A scotish engineer who invented the steam engine that helped in the industrial revolution. He made many engines for both boats and trains. He was then elected fellow of the royal society. -
Spinning Jenny
The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of textile manufacturing during the early Industrial Revolution. It was invented in 1764 or 1765 by James Hargreaves in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England. -
Robert Owen
He had a rough childhood but at 19 he started his own business and became an entrepreneur and a social reformer. He’s known as “Father of British Socialism” with his ideas and work. An advocate of the enlightenment ideas amd being interested in philosophy. -
Cotton Gin
Invented by Eli Whitney, an american inventor. The cotton gin was created to save time for workers/people from separating seeds from the cotton. It represents the immediate demand during the industrial revolution by production always being slow. -
interchangeable parts
The concept of interchangeable parts saved many peoples time and money. Instead of your car breaking and having to replace the whole thing, you can fix the part. -
Charles Darwin
Studies many species of animals but primarily finches. These finches became known as "Darwin's finches'" due to he was the one to learn all about them. To this day he is considers fundamental to science. -
Karl Marx
german philosopher that published The Communist Manifesto, the most celebrated pamphlet during the socialist movement. He also wrote other important well known books like Das Kapital. These books he published showed his thoughts and beliefs known as Marxism. -
Alfred Nobel
A Swedish inventor who played around with explosives. With his brother passing by an explosion, his goal was to make them safer. -
Tenements
A tenement typically refers to low-income housing units that are characterized by high-occupancy and below-average conditions. Tenements first arose during the industrial revolution in the U.S. and Europe as poorer people from the country flowed into cities in search of factory work and needed some place to live. -
dynamo
A machine used to covert kenetic energy to eletrical energy. A circut that created a magnetic feild that turned current that could be turned into energy. -
Airplane
In 1903 the Wright brothers achieved the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight; they surpassed their own milestone two years later when they built and flew the first fully practical airplane. -
Germ Theory
germ theory, in medicine, the theory that certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by microorganisms, organisms too small to be seen except through a microscope. -
automobile
one of the biggest companies during the industrial revolution was the Ford cars. Henry Ford invented the company. Making cars/parts is a long tedious process so they also came up with the assembly line to hurry the process. -
Assembly Line
The assembly line was created by Henry Ford to make items/good more effectively and quickly. This helped with the Individual revolution by making items quicker for the public and soldiers. It also gave many women jobs, since all the me. were out at war. -
Thomas Eddison
An American inventor and to this day holds a world record. He created the worlds first industrial research laboratory. He was practically the source of electricity with spreading the knowledge of voltages and watts.