industrial revelution

  • seed drill

    seed drill

    jethro tull created an easier more efficient way to plant seeds called a seed drill
  • crop rotation

    crop rotation

    farmers rotated between crops to restore nutrients to soil
  • textile industry

    textile industry

    john kay made the flying shuttle to help weave fabric easier
  • spinning jenny

    spinning jenny

    james hargreaves invented the spinning jenny which was better then the flying shuttle and named after his daughter
  • water frame

    water frame

    richard arkwright created a way to use water power to skin wool instead of doing it by hand
  • spinning mule

    spinning mule

    samuel crompton inproved the spinning jenny and water frame and produced the spinning mule
  • fatter lifestock

    fatter lifestock

    average wieght for lambs climbed from 18 to 50 pounds, after robert bakewell began allowing only his best sheep to breed
  • power loom

    power loom

    edmund cartwrights creates power loom which sped up weaving
  • cotton gin

    cotton gin

    eli whitney invented a machine to make cotton cleaning alot easier and efficient
  • foot treadle

    foot treadle

    I. M. Singer improved the sewing machinge by inventing a foot treadle