Industrial Revolution

  • Abraham Darby

    Abraham Darby

    He developed a method of producing high quality iron in a coke-fed blast furnace instead of coal
  • Thomas Newcomen

    He built a atmospheric steam machine used for pumping water out of coal mines and tin
  • John Kay

    John Kay

    He invented a production tool called flying shuttle.
  • James Hargreaves

    James Hargreaves

    created the spinning Jenny
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright

    He patented the water-driven spinning frame and founded the world's first hydraulic cotton factory in Cromford
  • Edmund Cartwright

    Edmund Cartwright

    He created the first mechanical loom.