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Mutual-aid Societies
The mutual aid society grew during the industrial revolution with a bunch of other different societies. The mutual-aid societies were friendly societies and Daniel Defoe wrote that friendly societies were very extensive during the industrial revolution. There is different names for the mutual-aid societies such as benefit clubs or fraternal societies. -
James Watt
James Watt was Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer, who is best known for his improvements on the steam engine. The watt was named after James Watt for his contributions to the development of the steam engine. Because of Watts improvements the engine worked easier for factories, mills, mines, etc. -
Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism developed in response to injustices done to workers during the industrial revolution. It also developed as a theory of ethics on which to base law. Jeremy Bentham came up with utilitarianism during the 18th century. -
Spinning Jenny
The spinning jenny was a machine for spinning with more then one spindle at a time, patented by James Hargreaves. It was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early industrial revolution. It was invented in Stanhill, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire in England in 1770. -
Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine to separate cotton from its seeds. It was invented in 1793 by Eli Whitney and Robert S. Munger. The cotton gin was important because it dramatically reduced the amount of time it took to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber. -
Interchangable Parts
In 1798, Whitney's armory pioneered the use of interchangeable parts, which are nearly identical parts that can be easily mass produced and replaced. These interchangeable parts were invented by Eli Whitney. The armory where they were produced is called the Eli Whitney Armory or the Whitneyville Armory. -
Communism
Communism is a political and economic system that seeks to create a classless society. Communism kind came from Marxism and that was created by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles. Communism came from the Latin term communis which means common universal. -
Charles Darwin
Charles was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist and is best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. Charles Darwin is centrally important in the development of scientific and humanist ideas. Darwin is also often cited as the greatest biologist in history. -
Dynamo
A dynamo is a machine to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. In 1831 a guy named Michael Faraday invented dynamo. The dynamo was the first electrical generator capable of delivering power for industry. This invention led directly to the first major industrial uses of electricity. -
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish businessman, chemist, engineer, inventor, and philanthropist. Nobel is best known for his invention of dynamite and an explosive device called a blasting cap, which inaugurated the modern use of high explosives. He also founded the Nobel Prizes. -
Thomas Edison
Thomas was an American inventor and business man who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. He also held a world record 1093 patents and created the world's first industrial research laboratory. -
Social Gospel
Social Gospel is Christian faith practiced as a call not just to personal conversion but to social reform. It was a movement in Protestantism that applied Christian ethics to social problems. Especially issues of social justice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, unclean environment, child labor, etc. The Social Gospel Movement was a religious movement that arose during the second half of the nineteenth century -
Social Darwinism
Social Darwinism is any of various theories of society. It emerged in the United Kingdom, North America, and Western Europe during the 1870's. It claims to apply natural selection and survival of the fittest to sociology and politics. -
Guglielmo Marconi
Guglielmo was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer. That was known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission, development of Marconi's law, and a radio telegraph system. Marconi was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor credited with the groundbreaking work necessary for all future radio technology. -
Airplane
The Wright brothers built and flew the first plane during the industrial revolution. The airplane wasn't that successful till the 20th century, but it was thought of during the industrial revolution. The airplane had meaning for everyone like the pilots for their job and to fly the military people overseas. It left a huge impact back then.
