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industrial revolution

  • steam engine

    steam engine

    James Watt invented the steam engine. the steam engine was used to get water out of mines.
  • flying shuttle

    flying shuttle

    john kay invented the steam engine in 1733.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.
  • spinning jenny

    spinning jenny

    James Hargreaves invented the spinning jenny. The spinning jenny is a multi-spindle spinning frame, and was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving during the early Industrial Revolution.
  • water frame/spinning frame

    water frame/spinning frame

    Richard Arkwright invented the water frame. The water frame was a a large spinning machine and was used when cloth was only made by hand.
  • spinning mule

    spinning mule

    Samuel Crompton invented the spinning mule. the spinning mule was very similar to the the spinning jenny, it gave more control while weaving.
  • steam locomotive

    steam locomotive

    Richard Trevithick invented the steam locomotive in 1804. this was used to haul coal in the at the Killingworth mine.
  • steam boat

    steam boat

    the steam boat was built by Robert Fulton 1806. Most times the steamboat used to carry supplies across water, or it would carry passengers across water also.
  • train rocket

    train rocket

    George Stephenson built the train rocket and the train rocket was used to help power the runway.
  • steel

    steel

    Henry Bessemer was famous because he developed the first process for manufacturing steel inexpensively. This helped people during the industrial revolution alot.
  • light bulb

    Thomas Edison created the fist light bulb. During the industrial revolution this was very important because many people used natural light or candles.