inventors

  • James Hargreaves

    James Hargreaves
    He had invented the spinning jenny he was born 1720, Oswaldtwistle, United Kingdom and died April 22, 1778, Nottingham, United Kingdom it is still used today to make clothes
  • Richard Arkwright

    Richard Arkwright
    He had invented the water frame in 1768 and it provided the spinning frame which made cotton thread. He was born in 1732 and died in 1792 we still us this to power stuff without having to use a lot of money
  • John Kay

    John Kay
    He invented the flying shuttle in 1733 but operations had already produced some technical innovations by the first half of the 18th century we still use it to weave stuff a lot faster its just more high tech now
  • Samuel Compton

    Samuel Compton
    He is known for inventing the spinning mule in 1779 it is just the invention of Arkwright's water frame and James Hargreaves' spinning jenny he was born in 1753 and died in 1827 it is still used to make clothes
  • James Watt

    James Watt
    he is know for improving the steam engine the steam engine he improved was used for pumping water out of the ground we still use it today but now we call it whales.
  • Richard Trevithick

    Richard Trevithick
    He was the first to harness high pressured steam and made the locomotive in 1803 with that we still use it to get people to places he was born April 13, 1771 and died April 22, 1833
  • Robert Fulton

    Robert Fulton
    He is known for not inventing the steam boat but improving it to travel far in 1807 and we still use the steam but some are just steam boats and some we have advanced to motor boats. He was born November 14, 1765 and died February 24, 1815
  • George Stephenson

    George Stephenson
    He invented the locomotive in 1814 but this was used for hauling coal we still use this today we just transport a bunch of other stuff he was born in 1781 and died in 1848
  • Henry Bessemer

    Henry Bessemer
    He is known for being able to make steel at an affordable cost or price this was in 1856 we still use this to make a lot of stuff like the tall building need steel and because this is invented we can afford it.He was born in January 19, 1813 and died in March 15, 1898,
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur
    He is known for making alcohol go sour this was invented in 1864 we still use this today with every alcohol he was born on December 27, 1822 and died on September 28, 1895
  • Thomas Edison

    Thomas Edison
    He innovated a lot of stuff like the the electric light bulb and the phonograph the light bulb which we still use very often today was made in 1879 it hasn't really been changed a lot its just made to be brighter and last longer he was born on February 11, 1847 and died on October 18, 1931
  • Nikola Tesla

    Nikola Tesla
    He is best known for creating the electrical supply system that we still use today we use it to control the amount of electricity we get the use coils this was invented in 1891 he was born on July 10, 1856 and died on January 7, 1943