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John Kay: Inventor of Flying Shuttle
Helped a person to produce a piece of cloth that was wider and faster than normal by themselves -
James Hargreaves: The Spinning Jenny
Turned the spinning wheel into a machine that could spin 8 threads at once verseus 3 -
James Watt: The Watt Engine
Improved the Newcomen Engine to quit wasting steam by inventing a condensing chamber (patent in 1769) -
Richard Arkwright: Water Frame
Innovated Spinning wheel by using water to power it -
Samuel Crompton: Spinning Mule
A mix between the machines invented by Arkwright and Hargreaves, it's a machine used to spin cotton other fibres without the use of hands (automatic) -
Richard Trevithick: Steam Railway Locomotive
Innovated Watt Engine to use higher power steam to power railway locomotive -
Robert Fulton: Steamboat
Carried Passengers between New York City & Albany, New York -
George Stephenson: The Rocket
Invented famous early railway locomotive which could take goods from one location to another quickly -
Henry Bessemer: Manufacturing Steel
Developed process to make steel making cheaper -
Louis Pasteur: Pasteurization
Figured our why food spoils so fast and how to avoid it -
Thomas Edison: The Lightbulb
Innovated light bulb to burn and stay lit for longer -
Nikola Tesla: Alternating-Current Electrical System
Developed after DC power was introduced. Produced to make energy for electricity