industrial revolution

By lou girardin

  • first practical steam engine

    Englishman Thomas Newcomen developed the first practical steam engine which was used primarily to pump water out of mines

  • the coke-fueled furnace for cast iron

    Englishman Abraham Darby discovered a cheaper, easier method to produce cast iron, using a coke-fueled furnace

  • invention of the spinning jenny

    The spinning jenny was created by the englishman James Hargreaves, it's a machine that enabled an individual to produce multiple spools of threads simultaneously

  • improvement on Newcomen’s work

    Scottish inventor James Watt had improved on Newcomen’s work, and the steam engine went on to power machinery, locomotives and ships during the Industrial Revolution

  • the first inexpensive process for mass-producing steel

    British engineer Henry Bessemer developed the first inexpensive process for mass-producing steel. Both iron and steel became essential materials, used to make everything from appliances, tools and machines, to ships, buildings and infrastructure