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John Kay was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution.
advantages was the flying shuttle, the weaver's movements are minimized a disadvantage is that the would have to beat with one hand for a long amount of time.
How is affects us today- It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms. -
This problem was resolved in 1764, when James Hargreaves invented a new machine that was capable of spinning eight threads of cotton yarn Some advantages high delivery speeds . Some disadvantages low yarn strength high tendency to snarl;higher number of fibers needed in yarn cross-section.How is affects us to day-The Spinning Jenny. ... Spinning wheels before Hargreaves had one spindle. Hargreaves original spinning jenny was hand-driven and had eight spindles.
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A water frame is a water-powered spinning frame which was an easy way to create cotton thread. Advantages The water frame is given to a spinning frame, when water power is used to drive it.
disadvantages These early cotton spinners worked in their own homes and spun and wove the cotton entirely by hand. Unfortunately, a hand-spun cotton is irregular in thickness and rather weak, so that at this time. -
Samuel Compton was an English inventor and pioneer of the spinning industry. Building on the work of James Hargreaves and Richard Arkwright he invented the spinning mule, a machine that revolutionized the industry worldwide.
pros-optically good mass evenness (well suited to knitted goods);
better and softer handle than that of rotor-spun yarn; cons-high air consumption;
increasing unevenness and imperfections with increasing spinning speed, and further reduction in yarn strength. -
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement.
pros-People and items could travel much easier. The network of railways connected the nation and helped with the transportation of coal, lumber, crops, and livestock.
cons-It created mass pollution. -
Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall.
pros-The railway enabled the expansion of industry such as coal, steel, quarrying and manufacturing.
cons-The railway had a devastating effect on the countryside which at the time many people protested: bridges, viaducts, cuttings, tunnels, embankments -
Robert Fulton was an American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat called The North River Steamboat of Clermont.
pro-One pro of the steamboat was that it allowed travelers to go upstream and downstream. This ability enabled Americans to travel virtually everywhere by water.
cons-One disadvantage of the steamboat is that the steam engine would accumulate too much pressure and explode. -
James Watt Scottish instrument maker and inventor whose steam engine contributed substantially to the Industrial Revolution. He was elected fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1785.
pros- A steam engine could be located anywhere because water is heated in a separate boiler to produce steam.
cons-A steam engine is huge and heavy,Due to its big boiler and furnace a steam engine is huge, heavy and clumsy. Since the boiler of a steam engine is very heavy,
