Industrial Revolution Inventions

By Char420

  • Steam Engine - Thomas Savery

    Powers mechanical work - another use of coal and was very popular

  • Mechanical seed sewer - Jethro Tow

    Cultivated the ground and made it more likely for it to germinate - increasing production of the seed

  • Steam engine – Thomas Newcomen

    Saver and better steam engine – it was used in many machines and improved transportation and manufacturing

  • Saver and better steam engine – it was used in many machines and improved transportation and manufacturing

    More material could be made and it took less time – there were more manufacturing for it.

  • Spinning Jenny – James Hargraves

    First invention to spin more than one ball of yarn or thread – increase of production which then was more affordable and cheaper

  • Cromptons Mule - Samuel Crompton

    A spinning mule, it was used to spin cotton and yarn into thread – could be made in several quantities and a lot faster

  • Thames and Severn Canal – Josiah Clowes

    It was a canal which connected two rivers – transportation of good

  • Threshing Machine – Andrew Meikle

    Separating seed from the crops – less wastage and a fuller seed growth

  • Power Loom – Edmund Cartwright

    Manufacturing cloth whilst women replaced men in the making of cloth – mechanically operated looms which made cloth run faster

  • Cotton Gim– Eli Whitney

    Separates cotton from seed and was the birth of mass production – America was leading production of cotton in the world

  • Steam low commode – Robert Trevithick

    First steam by using coal for fuel – used to transport goods and was fast and efficient

  • Steam boat – Robert Fulton

    Boat the relies on steam power – became a commercial ferry line, it opened up the American continent with exploration and transportation/trade

  • First steam by using coal for fuel – used to transport goods and was fast and efficient

    It was like an elevated canal – faster method of transportation for the mountainous regions

  • Electric powered motor – Michael Faraday

    Discovered Electricity – bases of all electric machines later

  • Analytical Engine– Charles Babbage

    Computing engine – analytical engine was the first engine and the start of our modern printers today

  • Telegraph system and Morse code - Samuel B. Morse

    It was a code that singles through wires – people could communicate through different countries

  • Reinforced concrete – Joseph Monier

    Good for building and rail ways – first really strong concrete that is used to make a lot of things.

  • Good for building and rail ways – first really strong concrete that is used to make a lot of things.

    First machine for continuous sewing machine which could sew clothes – it helped other industries grow

  • Aniline Dye – W. H. Perkins

    Colourless liquid which is the earliest synthetic dye- technological discovery in organic chemistry. This was also the beginning of plastic

  • Bell Telephone – Alexander Grahambell

    Metal conical flask which carried vibrations – communicate all over the world faster

  • Brooklyn bridge – John A Roblyn

    New York east river and stretched 1.8 kilometres largest suspension bridge that was an easier and safer way of transport

  • First skyscraper in Chicago - William Lebanom Jenney

    It was a new construction and completely transformed the skyline