inventions of the industrial revolution

By KL0411

  • The Spinning Jeanne

    The Spinning Jeanne by James Hargreaves was first invention to spin more than one yard of thread. It increases the production of thread and cloths, making it more affordable.

  • The Crompton mill

    The Crompton Mill invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779. It uses to spin cotton wool to yarn. It could make various different yarn and in large quantity.

  • Thames and Severn Canal

    Thames and Severn Canal built around 1783-1789 by Josiah Clowes. It was mainly to transport goods to the British empire. It is first to transport material and cloths, then it became all sorts of other things

  • Power loom

    Power loom invented in 1785 by Edmund Cartwright. It manufactures cloth. It made loom to make cloth go faster. Therefore women replace men in the manufacture of cloth

  • Cotton Jin

    Cotton Jin built in 1793 by Eli Whitney. It was the birth of mass production. It was one of the many inventions that occurred during the American Industrial Revolution.

  • Electric Powered Motor

    Electric powered motor invented in 1821 by Michael Faraday. After the steam powered engine, he invented the earliest stage/the basis of a new energy: electricity which overtook all machinery in factories.

  • The Telegraph System and Morse code

    The telegraph system and Morse code invented in 1836, by Samuel Morse. Morse code is a signal sent as a form of telegraph. It was the first time people could communicate

  • Aniline Dye

    Aniline Dye in 1956 by W.H.Perkins. Colorless liquid which is the earliest synthetic dye-technological discovery in organic chemistry. This is also the beginning of plastic.

  • Brooklyn bridge

    Brooklyn bridge built in 1883 by John A Roblyn. A bridge that stretched 1.8 kilometers – an easier way of transport for the community

  • First skyscraper in Chicago

    First skyscraper in Chicago 1885 invented by William Lebaron Jenney. It was a new construction and completely transformed the skyline