industrial revolution

  • john kay

    john kay
    It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms. The flying shuttle was patented by John Kay.The flying shuttle made it easier to weave a lot of fabrics.It was also used in automatic machines looms.The problem with this device was that it need to be with a machine.
  • James Hargreaves

    James Hargreaves
    The spinning jenny was made in 1733.The machine that was capable of spinning eight threads of cotton yarn, instead of the spinning wheel's one.The motion of the wheel turned a spindle which pulled on the fibers.The machine was pretty good for turning cotton in to string which was a big impact in the industrial revolution.The problem with this spinner was that it had one wheel.The one that is used today has 8 wheels one it.
  • James Watt

    James Watt
    James Watt made a better version of the steam engine.With the improvements on it he was able to on the steam engine it powered the industrial revolution.
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright
    Arkwright is know for improving what John Kay and James Hargreaves inventions.With their help he was able to make stronger yarn with less labor.
  • Samuel Compton

    Samuel Compton
    is a machine used to spin cotton and other fibres. They were used extensively from the late 18th to the early 20th century in the mills of Lancashire and elsewhere. Mules were worked in pairs by a minder, with the help of two boys: the little piecer and the big or side piecer.
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
    Robert Fulton made the steamboat.The steam boat was also in helping people travel goods by water.Because the locomotive was still not around the steamboat was the best for getting things by water.
  • George Stephenson

    George Stephenson
    He made the railroads that people use today.In the industrial revolution it was a big help in transporting things.Because a locomotive could use them.The in present day trains use them
  • Richard Trevithick

    Richard Trevithick
    He made the first locomotive in the industrial revolution.With this the people were able to trade.With the locomotive people were able to make the first train
  • Henry Bessemer

    Henry Bessemer
    He made steel in the industrial revolution.This was really useful because it was used a lot in their time.Also they were able to build bigger buildings because steel could hold more weight.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur
    He was a big help against disease.He made the first vaccines.He cured smallpox and he also made a vaccine for rabies.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    He made electricity which was very useful.The electricity change the way on how to power things.He also used that electricity to make light with it.
  • Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla
    He invented the first alternating current (AC) motor and developed AC generation and transmission technology.The AC generation was very useful because when they needed electricity for a urgent time they could get it
  • Dr. Rudolf Diesel

    Dr. Rudolf Diesel
    Dr. Rudolf Diesel patented his first compression ignition engine in 1892, it was considered for railway propulsion.This was a huge advancement for trains