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In the year 1709 Abraham Darby found a way to create coke from coal.
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John Kay created the first ever flying shuttle that speed up the process of hand weaving.
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James Hargreaves created the Spinning Jenny (cotton spinner) which made eight times more yarn then a average cotton spinner at that time, which only could use one thread of yarn. -
in 1775 James Watt improved the steam engine created by Thomas Newcomb.
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In the year 1811 when machines became more used in factory's/ workplaces groups of workers would smash those machines due to the thought that machines would take over there jobs. They were called Luddites.
