industrial rev. inventors

  • Thomas newcomen

    Thomas newcomen

    influenced by James watt newcomen invented the Newcomen engine The engine was operated by condensing steam drawn into the cylinder to make a vacuum to push pressure into a piston.
  • Sir Richard Arkwright

    Sir Richard Arkwright

    invented the spinning frame mass produces yarn
  • Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull

    Jethro Tull is inventor of the horse drawn hoe
  • Samuel Compton

    Samuel Compton

    spinning mule a machine which spun yarn suitable for use in the manufacture of muslin
  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney

    cotton gin A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds so it can be spun
  • alessandro volta

    alessandro volta

    invented the electric battery a way to make electricity made with zinc and silver disks
  • George Stephenson

    George Stephenson

    the father of the railways made the railways
  • karl Marx

    karl Marx

    Born in the kingdom Prussia Karl Marx made a big contribution to the thought of communism. He also wrote a book called The Communist Manifesto.
  • Cyrus West Field

    Cyrus West Field

    Cyrus west Field created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. it is an old fashion phone that you cant talk through.
  • john westly

    john westly

    celluloid a thick transparent plastic
  • john Wesley

    john Wesley

    john Wesley made the celluloid, and it is a transparent plastic.
  • john Kay

    john Kay

    flying shuttle doubling weaving productivity without changing the rate at which thread could be spun