Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

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  • Steam Engine

    Steam Engine

    an engine that uses the expansion or rapid condensation of steam to generate power
  • Spinning jenny

    Spinning jenny

    a machine for spinning with more than one spindle at a time, patented by James Hargreaves in 1770
  • power loom

    power loom

    a loom powered by water, steam, or electricity rather than by hand
  • Cotton gin

    Cotton gin

    a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
  • locomotive

    locomotive

    a powered rail vehicle used for pulling trains
  • Steamboat

    Steamboat

    a boat that is propelled by a steam engine, especially a paddle-wheel craft of a type used widely on rivers in the 19th century
  • photography

    photography

    the art or practice of taking and processing photographs.
  • Sewing Machine

    Sewing Machine

    a machine with a mechanically driven needle for sewing or stitching cloth
  • Telegraph

    Telegraph

    a system for transmitting messages from a distance along a wire, especially one creating signals by making and breaking an electrical connection
  • Telephone

    Telephone

    a system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio, by converting acoustic vibrations to electrical signals
  • automobile

    automobile

    Karl Benz patented the three-wheeled Motor Car, known as the "Motorwagen," in 1886
  • dynamit

    dynamit

    a high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks