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James Watt invents the first Reliable Stem engine
James Watt patented a device that allowed for the use of steam to pump water. An advantage of using the steam engine was the decrease of risk of catching long disease. A disadvantage was the excessed use of steam power to pump water -
James Hargreaves invents the first Spinning Jenny
James Hargreave's spinning jenny produced cloth and fiber at a high rate than before. An advantage of the spinning jenny was its high producting rates. But a disadvantage was the risk of people not being needed to produce the fiber and clothing and being laid off. -
Richard Arkwright Invents The First Water Frame
A machine for carding cotton, forming strands of cotton ready for spinning was the water frame's job. An advantage of th water frame was the production of stronger threads for yarn. A disadvantage of using the water frame was workers being replaced and not having a job. -
John Kay Invents The First Flying Shuttle
The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms.The flying shuttle let weavers make cloth a lot faster than the normal tedious methods of hand. A disadvantage the shuttle could fly out of the machine at great speed, and become dangerous places with accidents such as eye injuries. -
Samuel Crompton Invents the Spinning Mule
Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule in 1779, so called because it is a hybrid of Arkwright's water frame and James Hargreaves' spinning jenny in the same way that mule is the product of crossbreeding a female horse with a male donkey -
Richard Trevithick Invents The Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material – usually coal, wood, or oil – to produce steam in a boiler. -
Robert Fulton Invents The First Successful Commercial Steamboat
Robert Fulton's commercial steamboat served a great purpose during and after the Industrial Revolution.It provided people with a method of transportation, traded transportation. and sparked a revolution of boat productions. -
George Stephenson innovates Blucher
In 1814, Stephenson constructed his first locomotive, 'Blucher', for hauling coal at Killingworth Colliery near Newcastle. In 1815, he invented a safety lamp for use in coalmines, nicknamed the 'Geordie'. In 1821, Stephenson was appointed engineer for the construction of the Stockton and Darlington railway. -
Henry Bessemer innovated the first process for manufacturing Steel inexpensively
The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. The key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron -
Louis Pasteur innovates Pasteurization
.Louis Pasteur showed that food spoils because of microorganisms and invented pasteurization, which was originally used to prevent wine and beer from souring. If that wasn't enough, he also came up with a rabies vaccine. -
Thomas Edison innovates the first light bulb
Edison invented or refined devices that made a profound impact on how people lived. The most famous of his inventions was the incandescent light bulb (1878), which would revolutionize indoor lighting and forever separate light from fire. -
Nikola Tesla invents the Telsa
Serbian-American engineer and physicist Nikola Tesla made dozens of breakthroughs in the production, transmission and application of electric power. He invented the first alternating current (AC) motor and developed AC generation and transmission technology
