industrial revolution Inventions

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  • Thomas Newcomen invented the first productive steam engine.

  • John Lombe starts his silk factory

  • James Kay invented the Flying Shuttle, a simple weaving machine.

  • James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny.

  • Richard Arkwright invented the water frame

  • Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule.

  • Henry Cort invented highly successful iron refining techniques.

  • Elias Howe invents the sewing machine.

  • Elisha Otis invents the elevator safety break.

  • The Bessemer Method for processing steel is invented.

  • Alfred Nobel creates dynamite.