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John Kay and The Flying Shuttle
John Kay built the Flying Shuttle in 1733. The Flying Shuttle allowed a single weaver to weave wide fabrics, and it could make automatic machine looms. The flying shuttle let weavers make cloth faster than tediously making hand cloth, but manufacturers refused to pay him royalties and he had to go to France where they weren't too impressed by his invention. -
James Hargreaves and The Spinning Jenny
James Hargreaves invented the Spinning Jenny in 1764. The Spinning Jenny reduced the amount of work required to produce cloth. Although the Spinning Jenny created high delivery speeds and low yarn production costs it had low yarn strength and a high tendency to snarl -
Richard Arkwright and The Spinning Frame/Water Frame
Richard Arkwright invented The Spinning Frame also known as The Water Frame. Although the spinning frame produced strong, tough yarn and was quicker than weaving it made very course yarn that wasn't as fine as the spinning jenny's yarn. Since the Spinning Frame was too large to be operated by hand, it needed a source of power. Richard Arkwright first tried horses as power but decided that water would become the new source of power and that's how the spinning frame became know as the water frame. -
James Watt and The Steam Engine
James Watt invented the Steam Engine. A steam engine is much more powerful than a wind-mill or water-mill but due to its big boiler and furnace it was huge, heavy and clumsy. The Steam engine was the first type of steam engine to make use of a separate condenser. It was a vacuum engine using steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to create a vacuum beneath the piston. -
Samuel Compton and The Spinning Mule
Samuel Compton invented the Spinning Mule. To work the machine mules were worked in pairs by a minder, with the help of two boys. The carriage carried up to 1,320 spindles and could be 150 feet long, and would move back and forth a distance of 5 feet four times a minute. The advantages were that it had high delivery speeds,
low yarn production costs, and low end breakage rates but the yarn had low strength and a high tendency to snarl. -
Richard Trevithick and Thhe Steam Locomotive
The Steam Locomotive was invented by Richard Trevithick. The Steam Locomotive was a railway locomotive that produced its pulling power through a steam engine. The Steam Locomotive helped railroads grow and learn more about the fundamentals of railroading and was the only way to power a train, but they were extremely hard to maintain with so many moving parts, so much lubrication, so much to do each facility. -
Robert Fulton and The Steamboat
Robert Fulton invented the first Steamboat. A steamboat is a boat that is propelled primarily by steam power, typically driving propellers or paddlewheels.They didn't always estimate correctly with estimating how much pressure one boiler can withstand, as explosions were common but the boats were able to go through rivers against the current and get to places that would usually be impossible without waiting for the proper wind and that increased trade, -
Henry Bessemer and The Process for Mass-Producing Steel
Henry Bessemer's process for mass-producing steel in a cheap manner. The process required phosphorous free iron, as this process did not properly remove phosphorous and sulfur, but the process was very efficient and created an ingot in only a few minutes. -
Louis Pastuer and Pasteurization
Pasteurization is a process that kills bacteria in liquid food. people who drink pasteurized milk are not getting the biggest benefits from the dairy product but it kills unhealthy bacteria. Unfortunately, the heat cannot only target bad bacteria but good bacteria as well. Today we use a newer kind of pasteurization called Flash pasteurization and it is based on the same basic principle the batch of liquid is subjected to high temperatures as it is being poured into sterile containers. -
Thomas Edison and The Incandescant Light Bulb
The Incandescent Light Bulb was invented by Thomas Edison. Although the Light Bulb allowed for lighting, made tasks easier and stimulated business, it costs a lot of money to install and produced a lot of waste. Thomas Edison's invention is used as street lights, house lights and many more. The bulb worked by passing electricity through a thin filament in the glass vacuum bulb, which delayed the filament from melting but is only worked for a few hours. -
Nicola Teslan and The Tesla Coil
The coil uses polyphase alternating currents to create a transformer that can produce very high voltages although high voltage produces large amounts of ozone which can be dangerous if breathed in. It showed impressive crackling sparks and sheets of electric flame. They're primarily used for entertainment today.
