Industrial Revolution Inventions

  • Eli Whitney

    Eli Whitney
    He created the cotton gin which separated the cotton and the seeds.
  • Alessandro Volta

    Alessandro Volta
    He made the first battery. It could store electricity.
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
    He put a steam engine on a boat.
  • Louis Daguerre

    Louis Daguerre
    He invented the camera which allowed for pictures to be kept.
  • Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday
    He invented the electric motor which is a motor that runs on electricity.
  • Samuel Morse

    Samuel Morse
    He invented the telegraph which enabled people to communicate over long distances.
  • Alexander Graham Bell

    Alexander Graham Bell
    He invented the telephone which allowed for people to communicate over long distances.
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    He invented the light bulb which allowed for people to see in the dark.
  • Gottlieb Daimler

    Gottlieb Daimler
    He created the gas engine which would later be put into a car.
  • Rudolf Diesel

    Rudolf Diesel
    He created the diesel engine which ran on diesel fuel.
  • Wright Brothers

    Wright Brothers
    These two created the first airplane that could fly.
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford
    He created the assembly line for automobiles. This allowed for cheaper and faster manufacturing of products.