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Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

  • The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny

    The Spinning Jenny was a machine invented by James Hargreaves that allowed more threads and yarns to be produced by fewer spinners.
  • Steam Engine (watt)

    Steam Engine (watt)

    The steam engine created by James Watt enabled the steam engine to be used to operate rotary machines in factories such as cotton mills
  • Power Loom

    Power Loom

    Edmund Cartwright invented the power loom. It used water power to speed up the weaving process.
  • Cotton Gin

    Cotton Gin

    The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, it dramatically reduced the amount of time it took to separate cotton seeds from cotton fiber
  • Locomotive

    Locomotive

    Richard Trevithick debuted the first working locomotive, his goal was to replace horses with something that worked faster
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat

    Robert Fulton invented the steamboats, they were going up and down the Mississippi and this helped distribute goods to farmers and other workers who needed them to do their jobs.
  • Camera

    Camera

    Joseph Nicéphore Niépce is the inventor of the heliograph, which is the first device able to reproduce and capture an image was invented.
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine

    Barthélemy Thimonnier was the inventor of the sewing machine, he was a French tailor. This machine was made to make and fix clothing faster.
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    David Alter and Andre-Marie Ampere invented the telegraph, to be able to communicate fast with people from farther away.
  • Dynamite

    Dynamite

    Alfred Nobel created dynamite to help people in building and mining, but he and others also used dynamite to make bombs, canons, and rockets used in wars
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the first telephone, this device helped people communicate more easily.
  • Automobile

    Automobile

    The automobile was invented by Carl Benz. The automobile allowed people to travel and relocate quicker and easier