Industrial Revolution

  • James Watt (steam engine)

    James Watt (steam engine)
    it was a device in which would perform a action when powered by steam / it was big and heavy so difficult to use
  • James Hargreaves (spinning jenny)

    James Hargreaves (spinning jenny)
    The spinning jenny was used to spread 8 strings at once by turning a wheel
  • Richard Arkwright (water Frame)

    Richard Arkwright (water Frame)
    the water frame mad 1000 of cotton threads at once
  • John Kay (Flying shuttle)

    John Kay (Flying shuttle)
    The flying shuttle would allow a user to weave much wider weaves
  • Samuel Compton (spinning mule)

    Samuel Compton (spinning mule)
    it is a combination of the water frame and the spinning jenny
  • Robert Fulton (steam boat)

    Robert Fulton (steam boat)
    it was a boat powered by steam and not sail / they caused pollution
  • George Stephenson and Richard Trevithick (Steam locomotive)

    George Stephenson and Richard Trevithick (Steam locomotive)
    it used steam power to get from one place to another and used tracks to do it / they cause pollution
  • Henry Bessemr ( mass production of steel)

    Henry Bessemr  ( mass production of steel)
    steel is stronger and more flexible then iron so it replaced it as the main building resource / it almost put the iron industry out business
  • Louis Pasteur (pasteurization)

    Louis Pasteur (pasteurization)
    it kept people from getting sick by destroying Bactria it is made by heating up milk
  • Thomas Jefferson (light bulb)

    Thomas Jefferson (light bulb)
    it lights up a room use electricity and not fire
  • Nikola Tesla (Tesla coil)

    Nikola Tesla (Tesla coil)
    it is two things of electric wire that creates a spark in between the wires