Inventions in the Industrial Revolution

By Maria_G
  • Spinning Jenny- James Hargreaves

    Spinning Jenny-  James Hargreaves
    It's a multi-spindle spinning frame.The device reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn, with a worker able to work eight or more spools at once.
  • Steam Engine- James Watt

    Steam Engine- James Watt
    It was the first type of steam engine to make use of steam at a pressure just above atmospheric to drive the piston helped by a partial vacuum.
  • Water-Powred Loom- Edmund Cartwright

    Water-Powred Loom- Edmund Cartwright
    The power loom was a steam-powered, mechanically operated version of a regular loom, an invention that combined threads to make cloth.
  • Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney

    Cotton Gin- Eli Whitney
    A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds, allowing for much greater productivity than manual cotton separation
  • Locomotive- George Stephenson

    Locomotive- George Stephenson
    It makes travel over long distances much easier, and alows massive amounts of goods to be transported across land easily.
  • Typewriter- William Austin Burt

    Typewriter- William Austin Burt
    A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing in characters similar to those produced by printer's type by means of keyboard-operated types striking a ribbon to transfer ink or carbon impressions onto the paper.
  • Telegraph- Samuel F.B. Morse

    Telegraph- Samuel F.B. Morse
    A communication system that transmitted electric signals over wires from location to location that translated into a message.
  • Sewing Machine- Elias Howe

    Sewing Machine- Elias Howe
    machine used to stitch fabric and other materials together with thread; it decreased the amount of manual sewing work performed in clothing companies.
  • Antiseptics- Ignaz Semmelweis

    Antiseptics- Ignaz Semmelweis
    Antiseptics are antimicrobial substances that are applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or putrefaction.
  • Plastic- Alexander Parkes

    Plastic- Alexander Parkes
    A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable.It makes a lighter, cheaper solid to use in industry.
  • Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell

    Telephone- Alexander Graham Bell
    device that could transmit speech electrically. No more need to morse code, easy communicarion.
  • Diesel Engine- Rudolph Diesl

    Diesel Engine- Rudolph Diesl
    It's an internal combustion engine that uses the heat of compression to initiate ignition and burn the fuel that has been injected into the combustion chamber.
  • Airplane- Orville and Wilbur Wright

    Airplane- Orville and Wilbur Wright
    Wright brothers are credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight,
  • Large-Scale Moving Assembly Line- Henry Ford

    Large-Scale Moving Assembly Line- Henry Ford
    a manufacturing process in which parts are added as the semi-finished assembly moves from work station to work station where the parts are added in sequence until the final assembly is produced. A finished product can be assembled much faster and with much less labor than by having workers carry parts to a stationary piece for assembly.