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John Kay invents The Flying Shuttle
The flying shuttle made weaving wool quicker and easier. Nowadays we use factories to make clothing but the flying shuttle made weaving quicker and easier for the weavers at the time. However, one disadvantage of the flying shuttle was that it took 4 spinners to keep up with the production of the flying shuttle. -
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Industrial Revolution Timeline
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James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny
The spinning jenny was a significant factor to industrialization of the textile industry. Some advantages and disadvantages were that it was faster and more efficient, but it was difficult to keep spinning conditions constant. Today we do not use spinning jenny's because we have factories and machines who make clothing for us. -
Richard Arkwright invents the Water Frame
The first called spinning frame and then called the water frame was what made Richard Arkwright rich and successful. The water frame produced a stronger thread and required less physical labor. The water frame gets its name because it had to have water in order to have power and with water, it worked. -
Samuel Compton invents the Spinning Mule
The spinning mule was an improvement on James Hargreaves "Spinning Jenny" and was a cross between inventions. Compton could not afford a patent so he revealed his secret of the machine to many manufacturers. Later, there was about 360 mills using 4,600,000 mule spindles. -
James Watt invents the Steam Engine
The steam engine went through many different phases but Watt finally completed it in 1790. He started out by working on one that was already made, called the Newcomen Steam Engine, and saw a lot of steam was wasted and that is where he found his ideas. The steam engine played a big part in the Industrial Revolution, it was installed in factories and vehicles so people could travel and it was also used for many ways of transportation. -
Richard Trevithick Invents the World's First Steam Locomotive
He invented the world's first steam railroad locomotive. Trevithick was a British mechanical engineer who used his knowledge to successfully create the first railway steam locomotive. He also built the first steam carriage and drove it through the town. Nowadays, we have many different ways of transportation but back then, that was their transportation. -
Robert Fulton invents the Steam Boat
Fulton introduced the idea of a submarine but it didn't work so he went on with an idea of a large boat which was the steam boat. Average speed was about 4 miles an hour but it was large and could carry goods and people. -
Gerorge Stephenson invents the Steam Locomotive
The steam locomotive that Stephenson invented was not the first, but he improved the steam engine because the first one that he had seen had wasted a lot of steam and he fixed that to make a better engine in the locomotive. The first locomotive he had made was for hauling coal in Killingsworth Colliery.
