Industrial revolution

Industrial Boom

By Gage B
  • Period: to

    Industrial Revolution

  • Jethro Tull-Seed Drill

    Jethro Tull-Seed Drill

    The seed drill is a horse-drawn hoe was used to create uniform rows and cover the seeds.
  • Thomas Newcomen- Steam Engine

    Thomas Newcomen- Steam Engine

    First practicle device to use steam power for energy. Was first used to get water out of mines in the 18th century
  • John Kay -  Flying shuttle

    John Kay - Flying shuttle

    Greatly accelerated weaving by allowing the shuttle by carring the weft to be passed through the warp threads faster.
  • Abraham Darby II

    Abraham Darby II

    Used iron to replace brass cylinders in Newcomens engines. Made Horsehay and Ketley furnaces.
  • Richard Arkwright - Water Frame

    Richard Arkwright - Water Frame

    A machine that produced a strong twist for warps, a substituting wood and metal cylinder.
  • Henry Cort

    Henry Cort

    English ironmaster during the industrial revolution. Created the rolling mill and the puddling furnace.
  • Elias Howe

    Elias Howe

    Created the sewing machine but it also had significant refines unlike others. Was made with a lockstich design
  • Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin

    Eli Whitney - Cotton Gin

    Inventor of the cotton gin and interchangeable parts. Mechanical device that removes seed from the cotton fibers quicker than doing it by hand.
  • Robert Fulton - Steam Boat

    Robert Fulton - Steam Boat

    Created the first commercialy successful steamboat. Was in paris the time of his ideas.
  • George Stephenson - Steam Locomotive

    George Stephenson - Steam Locomotive

    He built steam locomotives for the first railways. People called him the Father of Railways.
  • Robert Owen

    Robert Owen

    Was a welsh social reformer, and one of the founder of Utpoian Socialism.
  • David Ricardo

    David Ricardo

    British Political economist credited with systematizing economics. Also a member of parliament